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Re: crazy pet people

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From: von
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:04
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In article <Xns9403E45F63E6Fretsildivad33hotmail@68.6.19.6>, 
retsildivad33@hotmail.com says...
> "kmonk" <kmonk@nospam.ameritech.net> wrote in
> news:Cvtdb.4632$Hd6.2492136@newssvr28.news.prodigy.com: 
> 
> > I think this is OK for certain situations.
> > For example, the shelter I volunteer for has the volunteers, like
> > myself, fostering the animals before they find them homes. Personally,
> > I would like to know something about the people the cat I am fosteri\
> > is going to. As for picking up an animal from your local public
> > shelter, ASPCA or whatever? I don't believe they make such a fuss -
> > and I am reasonably sure they don't ask for proof, so it's a bit of a
> > formality anyway. kr
> 
> Who cares what you want? You aren't buying the cat. If I buy a cat and want 
> to get it declawed that's what is going to happen no matter what I put on 
> the stupid forms.
> 
> The morons here in San Diego act like they are a child adoption agency. 

I've noticed that cat zealots equate cats with people.  Some of the 
posts in rec.pets.cats are very good examples of this.  It's silly and 
ignorant, and actually rather sad in a way, but that's the way it is.
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Subject: Re: crazy pet people
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