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"Phil P." wrote in message ... "Sherry " wrote in message ... Do you have children? What difference does that make? I was wondering the same thing, Sherry. It looks like we have another "philosopher" whose gonna "enlighten" all us "novices" ... I just can't wait to hear her convoluted analogy! Its probaby as ridiculous as the pro-declawers' analogy of declawing and the choice of abortion... Phil. Actually the realtionship between declawing and abortion isn't that far off on certain levels. You have people who in their heart of hearts think abortion is murder. If someone has witnessed an abortion they could probably relate all sorts of brutal, gory, heart wrenching details. You have people who in their heart of hearts think declawing is abhorrant. They too could report brutal, gory, heart wrenching details if they witnessed this procedure. Then you have people who don't think about either very much and accept both procedures as commonplace and nothing to get your panties in a wad about. Both procedures are frequently done for convenience or because people are too lazy to exercise alternatives. Both procedures are done by people who see themselves as being responsible and making intelligent decisions for themselves. Both procedures concern life, death and quality of life. Maybe that is why people get so passionate about discussing either. W |
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"Phil P." wrote in message ... "Sherry " wrote in message ... Do you have children? What difference does that make? I was wondering the same thing, Sherry. It looks like we have another "philosopher" whose gonna "enlighten" all us "novices" ... I just can't wait to hear her convoluted analogy! Its probaby as ridiculous as the pro-declawers' analogy of declawing and the choice of abortion... Phil. Actually the realtionship between declawing and abortion isn't that far off on certain levels. You have people who in their heart of hearts think abortion is murder. If someone has witnessed an abortion they could probably relate all sorts of brutal, gory, heart wrenching details. You have people who in their heart of hearts think declawing is abhorrant. They too could report brutal, gory, heart wrenching details if they witnessed this procedure. Then you have people who don't think about either very much and accept both procedures as commonplace and nothing to get your panties in a wad about. Both procedures are frequently done for convenience or because people are too lazy to exercise alternatives. Both procedures are done by people who see themselves as being responsible and making intelligent decisions for themselves. Both procedures concern life, death and quality of life. Maybe that is why people get so passionate about discussing either. W |
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:43:26 -0500, "Phil P."
wrote: Remember that indoor-only cats tend to live longer than free-roaming cats. For purebreds to continue to make up 6% of the owned population, breeders could not churn out 2.6 million cats per year. I'd be extremely surprised if breeders registered half a million cats per year -- I'll send some emails out to the registries and see if I can get some information regarding total number of cats registered last year in each of the major registries. I have all kinds of conflicting data - but I'd still like to know. Perhaps I wouldn't be so hard on them. I have numbers! Only a couple, but I'll post more as I get them. CFA - 44,777 AACE - 10,000 So the current total is 54,777. I'm going to estimate that TICA's number will be very close to CFA's, and that ACFA is going to be around half TICA and CFA. So my current projection is a total of 122,277 purebred cats registered in the US last year. Which is a *far cry* from 2.6 million. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 04:43:26 -0500, "Phil P."
wrote: Remember that indoor-only cats tend to live longer than free-roaming cats. For purebreds to continue to make up 6% of the owned population, breeders could not churn out 2.6 million cats per year. I'd be extremely surprised if breeders registered half a million cats per year -- I'll send some emails out to the registries and see if I can get some information regarding total number of cats registered last year in each of the major registries. I have all kinds of conflicting data - but I'd still like to know. Perhaps I wouldn't be so hard on them. I have numbers! Only a couple, but I'll post more as I get them. CFA - 44,777 AACE - 10,000 So the current total is 54,777. I'm going to estimate that TICA's number will be very close to CFA's, and that ACFA is going to be around half TICA and CFA. So my current projection is a total of 122,277 purebred cats registered in the US last year. Which is a *far cry* from 2.6 million. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:31:40 -0500, Orchid
wrote: I have numbers! Only a couple, but I'll post more as I get them. CFA - 44,777 AACE - 10,000 So the current total is 54,777. I'm going to estimate that TICA's number will be very close to CFA's, and that ACFA is going to be around half TICA and CFA. So my current projection is a total of 122,277 purebred cats registered in the US last year. Which is a *far cry* from 2.6 million. Heh. And that total gets farther away from 2.6 million as I got another number back. ACFA registered 1955 cats in 2003. No, I didn't forget a zero. So the current total is 56,732. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:31:40 -0500, Orchid
wrote: I have numbers! Only a couple, but I'll post more as I get them. CFA - 44,777 AACE - 10,000 So the current total is 54,777. I'm going to estimate that TICA's number will be very close to CFA's, and that ACFA is going to be around half TICA and CFA. So my current projection is a total of 122,277 purebred cats registered in the US last year. Which is a *far cry* from 2.6 million. Heh. And that total gets farther away from 2.6 million as I got another number back. ACFA registered 1955 cats in 2003. No, I didn't forget a zero. So the current total is 56,732. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid |
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