Animal Cruelty

[Dbeverly4@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/17/99 6:36:44 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
betndez@budget.net writes:

<< Oh, come on!  Always keeping a cat in the house is like always keeping a
 horse in a stall.  And did the owner say the cat wasn't neutered?  Some of
 us depend upon our feline friends (neutered) to live in our barns and keep
 them rodent free. >>

I have several cats who have adopted me (and woe to them, they've been 
neutered/spayed along the way).  They live in my barn and are cared for very 
well (they DON'T have to live on mouse meat).  IF I tried to keep them 
indoors there would be sheer bedlam here (we also have a jack russel and a 
border collie who would consider it  open season on kitties if they came 
inside).  Luckily, we live in an area where the biggest danger to cats is the 
coyotes -- the coyotes stay away from the dogs, and the cats stay away from 
pretty much anything canine so it works out ok. I think the person who posted 
about her poor cat being shot was appropriately shocked that a human being 
could be so cruel.  God help us when we stop being shocked by this kind of 
cruelty!  I agree that cats prefer to be allowed out, unfortunately, there 
are areas where this isn't an option -- live near a busy street, live near 
psychos who shoot at animals, etc. etc.  I'm pretty sure the original poster 
won't let her cat outside anymore -- how sad is that?

Sylvia


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