Re: ridecamp-d Digest V99 #1370

[MBlanchrd@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/17/1999 8:58:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net writes:

<<  My precious cat got shot in the thigh. 
 Now he will be okay, except for a gapping wound I clean religiously (he
 cringes when he sees me coming now), but he will never be the same.  I
 started asking around, and come to find out there are people in my
 neighborhood that shoot cats for entertaninment.  I just bought this house
 last year, and had no idea that in a fairly upscale neighborhood people
 would be running around harming animals for entertainment. We have the
 beach just minutes away, but I guess the entertainment value around  here
 is lacking.   >>

I know this isn't ridecamp related but..if your cat was is so precious to 
you, why are you allowing him to roam outside? The average lifespan of a cat 
that's allowed to roam the neighborhood is two years. While they're out 
there, they're not just washing their paws and climbing trees....they 
defecating in your neighbor's garden and flower beds, killing song birds, and 
probably breeding new litters of kittens, something we don't need. Owning an 
animal of any sort entails responsibility for that animal's natural actions. 
You are, ultimately, responsible for your cat's wounds...if he hadn't been 
wandering outside, he wouldn't have gotten shot.
If you truly love your cat ALWAYS KEEP HIM INDOORS.
 OK, flame away...got my asbestos on!!!!

Michelle and Vociferous Wren, the indoors only Siamese


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