Re: Cat with 6 legs and a gremlin cat

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From: moggycat
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 09:47

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It's still a problem with indoor cats.  Your assertion that most
shelters only adopt to indoor cats is an incorrect overgeneralisation.
The cat may turn out to be unsuited to indoor life especially if it
grew up outdoors.  It may have been handled under light sedation for
photos.  Even in the paranoid USA, there's a growing realisaiton that
realise that cats need outdoor access in order to avoid behavioural
problems or that some cats are temperamentally unsuited to indoor
living and need to go somewhere that outdoor access can be provided.
Indoor cats can get caught climbing curtains, soft furnishings, blinds
and even carpeted stairs. it could end up with someone who seemed nice
enough, but who then turned the cat into a media sideshow.   You've
also overlooked the theft aspect - people like to make money out of
exhibiting unusual animals or simply owning an anomaly and there are
plenty of cases of unusual cats being stolen and when tracked down, the
animal was simply poisoned (cases on record for winged cats).  If it
needs to end up as a barn cat, the risk of theft or media circus is
even greater.

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Subject: Re: Cat with 6 legs and a gremlin cat
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