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

[Racheli Gai (racheli]

Yeah, that's probably right, but no one (in my community, at least)  
argues for letting dogs run around and poop without
supervision and picking-up of poop (although we are not all in  
agreement about leashing).  In the case of cats, many people
don't seem to apply the same standard.
Racheli.


On Jun 27, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Joanie Connors wrote:

> 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:
> >
> > > 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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