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[RC] cats & snakes (OT) - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== I'm finding it hard to find it "funny" that ones beloved cats are playing with rattlesnakes in the first place. If my cats were playing with rattlesnakes I'd be frankly freaked out. I'm freaked out when I find a black widow somewhere that it could possibly bite my cats. But, then, I'm "weird" about my cats. The reason my cats don't go outside has less to do with the damage they could inflict on the environment (which IS a real problem, dispite what some may think, since domestic cats are not native preditors and feral cats in particular are VERY hard on the native populations in many areas) than it does with the damage the environment (from coyotes & rattlesnakes to cars to sick humans) could do to them. I do understand that many consider cats to be rodent exterminators. And they can be very good at that. But, the hazards to the cats outweigh that for me. Maybe if I lived somewhere where there were no threats to the cats, maybe... ~Nicole (who is sure that someday I'll be the crazy lady with the houseful of cats.... oh, wait, it's too late) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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