Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: outdoor cats and dogs

[R.N. Johnson (cohoranda]

I would guess the main reasons outdoor cats are not as big an issue are that 1) 
cats rarely  if ever kill or serious injure humans or companion animals larger 
than rodents, and rarely attack without provocation, while (some) dogs do; 2) 
Cats tend to cover their poop, 3) most people don't consider the lives of other 
animals to have as much value as human lives and 4) few people are scared of 
cats.  That said, given the density of household cats, there is a clear need to 
address the issue of cats predating on endangered bird species.
Randa Johnson
New Brighton Cohousing
Aptos, CA.

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