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

[Joanie Connors (jvcphd]

According to 3 websites I just checked, both dog and cat feces are
equally dangerous to handle, because they can contain parasites. They
emphasized keeping children and pregnant women away from them.


On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Racheli Gai
<racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com> wrote:
>
> Cat shit raises serious health issues, but most owners of outdoor cats
> seem to live in denial of this, as well as of the effect their
> animals have on the environment.
>
> Racheli.
>
> On Jun 27, 2011, at 4:45 PM, R.N. Johnson wrote:
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>>
>> 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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