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- From: rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Keith Norwood)
- Subject: Re: DECLAWING?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.185345.6943@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <1993Jan22.193036.2730@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <727902668snz@granta.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:53:45 GMT
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- In article <727902668snz@granta.demon.co.uk> malwen@granta.demon.co.uk writes:
- >In article <1993Jan22.193036.2730@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> rkn3u@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU writes:
- >
- >>...... but don't the same hazards exist in Britain? Why the different
- >>views?
- >
- >I did see the programmes on BBC when first transmitted.
- >The hazards faced by cats outdoors in Britain are, of course,
- >rather different to those in other countries, and I have to
- >remind myself of this when getting het-up about cats confined
- >indoors.
- >Yes, the cats are very much at risk from traffic, being shut in when
- >their curiosity leads them into dangerous places, catching parasites
- >or diseases from other animals, getting into fights, and, most
- >distressing of all, being maltreated by evil people.
- >But we have very few wild animals left here who can harm a cat.
- >The one type of poisonous snake is rare in most habitats, rats
- >are not often a problem, foxes are rarely spoken of as a
- >danger to cats. We killed most of the larger wildlife long
- >ago - sad but safer for the pussy cats.
-
- So if I understand you correctly, the same cat hazards that exist in the
- US are also present in the UK minus wild predators. Is it true that most
- cat in UK are indoor/outdoor?
-
- Keith
-