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From: terry@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: wandering domestic cats
Message-ID: <884@eecea.eece.ksu.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 89 22:11:08 GMT
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Reply-To: terry@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
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In article <823@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM> denise@dadla.WR.TEK.COM (Denise Caire) writes:

>Give me a good
>suggestion about how I can let him out and keep him in my yard.
>The nature of a cat is different than a dog, as you mention later.
>To keep him in the garage or house all day when no one is home is
>cruel.  A dog might like it fine, but not a cat.

Cruel?  Why is it cruel?  I have a very nice 2 year old female Persian
cat that has been outside on the ground for a total of about 15
minutes.  Even during that time we were watching her to make sure she
did not run away or get into trouble.  The cat loves watching things
that go on outdoors and she loves to play with the unfortuante insects
that get into our house, but she has never tried to bolt through the
door when we open it.  Even when it is nice outside, the only reason
she will even try to get out is to play with the leaves on our back
patio.  She loves to play with my wife and I and our two dogs.  She is
happy, playful, healthy and will never get run over by a car!!!!

Cats do not have to be outside to be happy.  

-- 
Terry Hull 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
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