Re: Foiling the feline
I'm so sorry but I totally disagree with folks who say a cat has every right to roam where it may. A few years ago I found a cat on the side of the road and it would not move. I thought it had been hit by a car. I called animal control and they came out. I stayed with the cat till they got there. Turned out that the cat was just traumatized by being outside. Some well meaning person had made the cat got outdoors and the cat did not know what to do and was scared to death.
I also had a totally white cat but for a black streak on its forehead. This particular cat would NOT go outside (this is back when I mistakenly thought cats had to go outside). It was frightened to death to go outside and was totally happy to sit in windows and look out.
If you think cats belong outside, then you missed my response where I mention in another thread that you haven't seen your beloved pet flattened in the roadway. I lost my cat this way. It is hearbreaking to lose a pet you love with every fiber of your being to be found looking like Sunday's pancake breakfast.
You do not have the right to subject your neighbors to your cat's antics, garden digging, car crawling and urine spewing treats. I watched my cat spray (yes, my cat...again before I knew better) a neighbor's bush by their front door. It stunk for days afterward.
I know it's not a cat, but as an example, I had a large dog, Rasta. She was not spayed (before I knew better about this too) and a tiny poodle would wander over to our house and try to hump her leg. I called the owners on the tag and would tell them to come get their dog. This dog showed up 3 times. As small as it was, I stilled feared that Rasta would get pregnant. No worry. The small, cute poodle was found dead in the middle of Pennsylvania Av and Westwood Dr. a week after I last saw it.
Yep, you must really love your animals if you think they have the right to roam the streets. I won't appologize for that. I truly believe it's laziness on the owner's part to let a pet run free. They don't want to spend the time to walk or play with their animals so they let them run free to get their exercise and fun. To say that a cat's different from a dog and deserves to run where it may is just an excuse. Yeah they're different as apple and oranges but they are still fruits and cats and dogs are still pets.
Things you should never say when pulled over by the police:
Could you hold my beer while I dig out my license?
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