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From: booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards)
Newsgroups: net.pets,net.consumers
Subject: Re: Sonic flea collar
Message-ID: <1266@lll-crg.ARpA>
Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 04:08:25 EST
Article-I.D.: lll-crg.1266
Posted: Mon Feb 17 04:08:25 1986
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Reply-To: booter@lll-crg.UUCP (Elaine Richards)
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Organization: Cadillac Ranch, Oakland
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Summary: I'll keep the damn fleas
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In article <665@tymix.UUCP> kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) writes:
>A recently received mail order catalogue has the following item at $59.95:
>
>"The Safer, Sonic Flea Collar ... rids your pet of fleas in 5 days or less
>[etc]neck, and wherever it goes, it moves in a 4 ft. circle of sound that fleas
>and ticks absolutely hate. ... 

Not to mention your cat.
>
>Sorry, state laws prohibit sales to Colorado or Indiana residents."
>
>Does anyone on the net know anything about this, and why it has been
>ruled illegal in those two states?

Maybe yuppies aren't allowed within state lines :-) (or yuppie puppies)

Sounds foolish to have 60 dollars of hardware around an alley cat you
found in the back of a 7 Eleven ( You know, the one you love the most,
but refer to as Shithead when it leaves liquid presents on your pillow)
Can you imagine how many cats would get mugged?

E
****

PS I keep my shithead....er...tabby inside. They get filthy enough feet as it
   is and she likes to put hers on my mouth. *BLEAGH*