Re: So Sad (what I was afraid of)

"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" <evgmsop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sometimes it isn't possible to let them out to roam as
> they wish, but whenever possible I believe in installing a
> pet-door and letting the cat decide for itself. (I think
> most of our members in the UK agree with my feelings in the
> matter, and they certainly seem to care about their cats -
> letting them choose whether to be in or out is NOT the same
> as "neglecting" them.)///

As someone who has lived on both sides of the Atlantic, I think that
attitudes are different because partly of cultural differences, and also
because we in the UK (with the exception of traffic and cars) really
don't have the predators and dangers of the USA. My dad is the worlds
BIGGEST believer in indoor/outdoor cats with a 24 hour cat door, yet in
the USA he is the person most likely to lecture you about keeping your
cat inside. My folks are deliberately sending Robbie home early - partly
so he's not too disrupted by all the changes this year and all the
travelling by my folks, but it's 75% so that he can spend spring and
summer having access to the garden. Intrestingly enough, when he goes to
Vienna, Austria in 2007, he'll be back to being indoor.

Helen M




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