From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 14:44:58 -0400, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:   
      
   >On 29 Jul 2025 17:46:32 GMT, rbowman  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Tue, 29 Jul 2025 07:54:01 -0400, hubops wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>    You have much better shelters than we have here  !   
   >>> Ours are teeming with  _cats_  ..  and   worse yet - cat lovers.   
   >>> ..  but they   _do_   have good PR and advertising budgets.   
   >>>   Most of the dogs available are  hard-cases, to be kind.   
   >>   
   >>What do you have against cats? I've got a couple on the payroll. After the   
   >>hay field was mowed a couple of weeks ago I wasn't overrun by mice looking   
   >>for a new home and the cats looked happy.   
   >>   
   >>Now if I could only get them to do something about the magpies. I've seen   
   >>them sit there and watch the magpies eat their kibble. Pretty birds, but   
   >>songbirds they ain't and they get up early in the morning.   
   >>   
   >>I didn't have to go to a shelter. Around here put out a can of Friskies   
   >>and you've got a cat.   
   >>   
   >   
   >  Cat-Lady   next door,  who volunteers at the Humane Society  -   
   >she can't understand why the rest of the neighbourhood   
   >are less-than-thrilled  with all her cats pooping in our gardens   
   >and flower beds.   Raccoons and oppossums are fond of her   
   >bowls of cat food  ...   critter smorg  !   
   >   John T.   
   Cats should NOT be outside. If you like your cat and want it to live a   
   long healthy life KEEP IT INSIDE - then it doesn't bother the   
   neighbors.   
      
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