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- From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Subject: Re: Attachment to cats (Re: a friend gone)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.223316.11543@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
- Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
- References: <1e1u0tINN3lq@natinst.com> <1e8ah5INNjv3@uwm.edu> <3332@voodoo.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 22:33:16 GMT
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- In article <3332@voodoo.UUCP> das@voodoo.boeing.com (Deb Schwartz) writes:
- >In article <1e8ah5INNjv3@uwm.edu> hcrain@convex.csd.uwm.edu writes:
- >>Why do we let ourselves get so attached to such shortlived critters?
-
- >It just isn't fair....why can't they be like parrots or turtles and
- >have a human-like lifespan....
-
- Actually, it's just as well they don't. A lot more kitties would be sent
- to shelters because their owners died if they lived as long as people.
-
- Very few people really make provisions of this nature for their pets; many
- don't even do it for their kids, for whatever reason. There was a discussion
- on this group about this some time ago, but the people who post here are the
- (wonderful) exceptions to a general rule.
-
- Parrots and large tortoises (don't know about small turtles) live much
- longer than humans, and finding a home for a parrot after its owner's death
- is pretty difficult. If cats lived as long as humans, you wouldn't be able
- to get a kitten once you were an adult.
- --
- Ruth Milner NRAO/VLA Socorro NM
- Computing Division Head rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
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