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From: ron@fluke.UUCP (Ron Pankiewicz)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Flame Against Lazy People With CATS
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Date: Tue, 4-Oct-83 12:39:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  4 12:39:07 1983
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, Wash
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Speaking of pets and their lazy owners, does anyone
have any suggestions for dealing with the neighbors'
cats??  What are effective ways (preferrably humane)
to keep the cats from leaving their deposits in
the garden and flower beds?  Seems like the owners
of the things NEVER provide a sandbox (or equivalent
substitute) for their animals, and they rarely if ever
turn over the soil in their own yard...

Obviously, cats cannot comprehend property lines, and they
seem to have no trouble scaling even an 8' fence.
And getting an aggressive dog is not much of a 'solution,'
since it would make even larger messes.

[Now for the flame:  the problem is that the pet owners
enjoy the (doubtful) "BENEFITS" of having the cat.  But
everyone else in the neighborhood ends up bearing one of
the more disgusting parts of the "COSTS" of ownership... 
shields up.]