Collette Mattingly

Well, scientist will also tell you genetically engineered food is safe.  Whether you care about the affects of cats on the balance of nature or not, they should be kept inside for their own safety.-Collette
----- Original Message -----
From: yuli womie
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 5:45 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] About those cats

We recently watched a National Geographic Cats video.
It was fascinating. They had these scientists on there
who specialized in studying cats. 8yo dd: "I want that
job!" Anyway, they had this one guy who spent quite
some time COLLECTING (ugh)from lots of people the
kills their cats brought home and tabulating them on a
computer. Turns out that outside cats kill so many
creatures the scientists decided they have a place in
the ecological balance. Meaning, I suppose, if we ALL
stopped letting cats outside, the balance would be
upset. Nevertheless, my kitties stay indoors. Juli

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yuli womie

We recently watched a National Geographic Cats video.
It was fascinating. They had these scientists on there
who specialized in studying cats. 8yo dd: "I want that
job!" Anyway, they had this one guy who spent quite
some time COLLECTING (ugh)from lots of people the
kills their cats brought home and tabulating them on a
computer. Turns out that outside cats kill so many
creatures the scientists decided they have a place in
the ecological balance. Meaning, I suppose, if we ALL
stopped letting cats outside, the balance would be
upset. Nevertheless, my kitties stay indoors. Juli

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Tracy Oldfield

> Well, scientist will also tell you genetically engineered food is
> safe. Whether you care about the affects of cats on the balance of
> nature or not, they should be kept inside for their own
> safety.-Collette
>
I disagree! I think it's vital for my cats' mental health and physical
fitness that they go out!! And to keep them in for their own safety,
well, it really isn't my fault if other people drive so fast that they
can't see or avoid a cat in the road, and my cats can defend
themselves against other cats, which are their only non-human
foes in this area, unless you count foxes which I don't think would
be that into fighting cats.

Takes all sorts, I know :-)

Tracy

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In a message dated 4/1/01 7:08:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
collettemattingly@... writes:

<< Well, scientist will also tell you genetically engineered food is safe.
Whether you care about the affects of cats on the balance of nature or not,
they should be kept inside for their own safety.-Collette >>

Aint that the truth? Actually, I saw the same show that was mentioned and I
got an entirely different message. They were illustrating, through the
collection of carcasses, just how much the wildlife was being impacted.
Guess it's an even better illustration of how two people can get different
messages from the same show.

Kris