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From: features@ihuxf.UUCP (M.A. Zeszutko)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: RE: pets on the loose
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Date: Wed, 23-May-84 19:33:19 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 23 19:33:19 1984
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>If animals are a source of joy, fine, but if they replace
>*normal* human interaction--why not find a CAVE?

My argument is that having my animals keeps my capacity for having
normal human interactions going, until such time as an SO comes
along!  At least, by having pets, I have to be concerned about
something outside myself, and am consequently less self-centered
than I might otherwise be.

Mary Ann Zeszutko  AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville

p.s. Kaboodle, Prudence and Kit-Kit are indoor cats.  And I'm sure
that Kit-Kit is happier to have a home than he was when he was
rummaging in our trash bins looking for food.  (Unfortunately,
before he came to live with me, he picked up a taste for junk food.
That is certainly not the "natural cat"!  How would you handle it?)