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From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: who says pets should run loose?
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Date: Tue, 29-May-84 01:33:44 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 29 01:33:44 1984
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I think it depends upon how a cat is raised.  Some cats I've known
who have been life-long indoor cats are actually afraid to go
outside.  Outdoor cats sometimes seem nervous and demand to go
out after only being inside for an hour or two.

There is one thing I've noticed, and I'd be interested in hearing if
others have made the same observation: cats are rarely hit by cars
on streets where cars don't go faster than about 25MPH or so, even
with lots of traffic, but frequently get hit on 45MPH thoroughfares.
I suspect this is because cats mis-judge the speed of faster cars.
(This conclusion based on casual observation.)

I've lived with outdoor cats most of my life (until recently), all
of whom used to love to scamper under (parked) cars and bolt across
streets.  The only time one ever got hit was when we lived on a
street where cars regularly drove in excess of 35MPH.  (The cat
survived, BTW, though she became a mostly indoor cat until we moved
to a quieter area.)

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall