Re: RE: Re: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V99 #1370

["Carolyn Loedeman" <tawasentha@ohiohills.com>]

Here in the central part of Ohio we do not neuter our cats either as we have
the same problem with the wildlife, but I do have one that is 7 years old
and has only had 1 litter ( 1 kitten) and the rest are rescue from other
people that know I will take them in.  Proud owner of 7 barn cats.
  Carolyn Loedeman
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Morris <bobmorris@rmci.net>
To: BE <betndez@budget.net>; <MBlanchrd@aol.com>
Cc: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:14 PM
Subject: RC: RE: Re: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V99 #1370


> Around this neighborhood we do not neuter the cats so we can try to keep
> enough of them around. What with foxes, coyotes and great horned owls it
is
> all a fecund set of cats can do to keep the population level!
>
> Bob Morris
> Morris endurance Enterprises
> Boise, ID
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BE [mailto:betndez@budget.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 7:34 PM
> To: MBlanchrd@aol.com
> Cc: Ridecamp
> Subject: RC:  Re: Re: ridecamp-d Digest V99 #1370
>
> 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.
>
> Betty
> So. Oregon
>
> From: MBlanchrd@aol.com To: ridecamp@endurance.net
>
> >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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