RE: talking about cats - I have a small problem with them right now - Meg

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Dear Meg,

 

So true

 

 

Best Wishes,

Wee

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Meg

Monday, August 21, 2006 10:43 PM

 

Re: Re: talking about cats - I have a small

problem with them right now

 

 

I think a big issue a lot of ppl don't realize is that the songbird

population in many parts of the world is decreasing, a large part of the

reason is due to cats being left outside. Also, if you plan on having

children or being around kids in the future cats who eat raw meat can get

something called toxoplasmis which can pass to people through contact. It

can make children very sick and lead to miscarriage and birth defects.

 

The reason there are bells on cat collars is because it warns the songbirds

of the cat's presence. The problem is, the cats can get out of them easily,

at least mine could.

 

I never let my cats outside, I was afraid they wouldn't come back or would

be hit by a car or killed by a hawk or pther large predatory bird, I was

even afraid of alligators getting them but I think cats are faster than

gators in general.

 

If not for those reasons I have several neighbors who trap cats for fun and

shoot them. These people are concerned every cat will breed and create a

liter of homeless cats, even fixed cats

 

The city made them stop shooting them but now they drop them off in the

woods several cities over, never to be seen again.

 

Meg