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On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:56:58 +0000, Bob Brenchley.
wrote: On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 20:34:26 +0000, Jacqueline wrote: Of course cats should be free to roam, - so should dogs/budgies/hamsters/people - but there are very few places where that is possible. We have made society that way. So if you take the decision to home a cat you also take with it the responsibility of making sure its needs are met - and that means ensuring it is safe and well looked after. To call people abusers for keeping cats indoors in a stable environment is just preposterous. When you take on the responsibility of homing any pet, one of the important aspects is providing a proper environment for it. Cats need space to roam, that is part of their nature. It's part of every animal's 'nature' to roam, establish territory and find food but we've moved on slightly from the laws of the jungle. Cats have been domesticated and as such are provided with food, shelter and territory. They adapt to their environment, just like we adapt to the structures imposed on us. Dogs can't be given that for human safety reasons. Foxes are essentially canine but they have 'freedom to roam' and don't attack humans. You only think it's normal for dogs to be walked around on leads because that's your experience. Hamsters are not native to the UK, Nor are cats, they were introduced by the Romans. but need proper housing. In a cage? Why can't they be let out to roam? Because they might get eaten or killed? Ah, but it's their nature to forage for food! People, unless imprisoned for a crime, do have a large degree of freedom. We don't have freedom to do as we please. You can't wander onto someone's land and claim it as your own. You can't go around killing people and eating them just 'cos you're hungry. We impose rules for the sake of our civilisation - and that includes allowing animals in our care to have a healthy, fulfilled, good life. It's your opinion that cats need access to fields and roads to have that, but many millions with happy indoor cat owners would disagree, so you can't claim your opinion is any more valid than theirs. |
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