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Complaints about roaming cats
By Alice Bajno
January 06, 2009
Tuesday
I love my garden too. But I think a living, breathing creature
is beautiful and I don't make a fuss when my neighbor's cat uses
my garden as a litter box. I just clean it up and get on with
life. There are many much more troubling, serious issues that
could appear in your life at any moment. Something tragic could
happen and you would find these little interruptions so trivial
and ridiculous. Life is not meant to be perfect. Consider all
the blessings in your life and learn to live with your neighbors
and all of God's creatures. After all, they are here for our
enjoyment. Trapping and removing someone's pet to a shelter is
absurd. How about talking to your neighbor first. It is the spoiled
brat mentality of so many Americans who live comfortably and
forget all that is good in their lives that makes this type of
behavior reprehensible.
PS The organic matter that your neighbor's cat deposits into
your soil is merely fertilizer. With the exception of a few plants
that cannot tolerate urine, nothing horrible will happen to your
lovely garden. Leave the cats alone and stop terrorizing your
neighbors and especially their young children.
Alice Bajno
Brooklyn, NY
About: "I have managed
cat colonies for many years and believe that people need to start
treating animals with respect."
Received December 30, 2008
- Published January 06, 2009
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