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

[Wayne Tyson (landrest]

CoHo:

The main reason many animal species are endangered is the practice of 
"keeping" predator species as "pets" or "collections." Cats are the most 
numerous, therefore do the most damage. It is commendable that cohousers are 
willing to address the issue without bias.

WT

PS: Cats kept indoors and/or given pen space outdoors are safer and 
healthier than "outdoor" cats. It's a "win-win" situation for cats and birds 
(not to mention lizards and other wild creatures.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R.N. Johnson" <cohoranda [at] yahoo.com>
To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ outdoor cats and dogs



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.