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The Extinct Maltese Cat
On May 18, 1:49*pm, Will in New Haven
wrote: I have read several posts in which someone of unreliable sanity keeps referrng to this phenomenon. I have searched out source material but found none. However, I did find the following on the Talk Page for Maltese Cat. Someone, very likely the moron who posts this drivel here, simply asserts the same sort of garbage. He posted it in 2007, was asked for references before he could put it in the article itself and, of course, never provided any. I will continue to search for something about this other than naked claims. During the Black Plague in Britain the Maltese cat literally saved Europe from extinction. Regardless, this breed rarely appears on the charts that hang in veterinarians' offices. When the Plague first broke out, its cause was unknown; it was eventually determined to be carried by fleas. Fleas, and presumably the disease, had been around for a long time, so why should there suddenly be an epidemic? The cause was the cats--not what the cats did, but rather what they did not do. Over time, England had bred their cats to magnificent sizes. Beautiful for show, they had become useless at catching, killing and eating vermin. The British feline was no longer able to get into the small spaces where rats and mice hid. The rats proliferated, and their fleas brought the Plague. The small Maltese Cat has tiny ears, tiny paws, a short tail, short legs, short fur, and the solid color and appearance of a gray rat. It has a somewhat flat face with round, green eyes, and a loving expression. In (an unknown year--what was it, please?) the English imported large numbers of these Maltese cats. They were not recognized as a special breed, and for centuries remained just the Maltese cat. In recent history (years???) the Maltese breed has been recognized in America, but currently seems to have been forgotten and for most purposes is extinct. (End) Snezzy 03:15, 30 October 2007 (UTC) Of course, I had to put my own two cents in. My rebuttal is not based on the lack of sources, although I do mention it, but on the lack of logic in the entire idea. The previous "contribution," aside from being unsourced, is illogical from start to finish. The plague came at a time long before anyone was breeding cats for shows or, for that matter, practicing selective breeding of cats at all. Certainly, the grainry cat, the barn cat and the street cat, the cats that hunted the rodents, were not being selectively bred. The plague hit many locations outside of the British Isles and there is no record, or even any claim here, that the Maltese Cat was imported to the many other places that saw the plague diminish and eventually die out. Of course, the importation into the British Isles isn't documented either but I'm just going after logical inconsistancies, not the likelihood that the whole thing is a lie or delusion. Perhaps the dumbest thing about the entire claim is the assumption that small cats are better at hunting rodents. The rodents that, for the most part, spread the plague were rats, not mice. Getting into a small space with Norwegicus, or even Indicus, would be inadvisable for the tiny cat described. The poor adorable thing would be killed. Big cats are better ratters and terriers are better yet. Hello, Your agenda is . . . ? . . . These Corporate Society liars are massively fat, grunting pigs, snorting and rutting up, out of the mud, manure and slop, any tasty morsel they can find, offer and use to lure the hapless “customer” into their den of thieves to cause customer to make a purchase. They say: “BIG CATS EAT MORE”; “FAT CATS EAT MORE”; “BIG FAT CATS EAT MORE MORE”; So along comes a little, old lady that knows a thing or two that Corporate Society has been preventing customer from learning, and that is: American cats are getting too big and too fat. So Corporate Society crucifies the little, old lady, and all her sweet, little kitties, in order to save their bottom . . . Dollar . . . Truly Truth will set you free, according to Jesus in John 8:32 http://fluflfyfuzzies.com for The Bill Of Rights and Freedom promised by The Constitution Of The United States Of America. |
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