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<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Good
night, another law!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I am
sure that the statement about cats killing birds is true (the cats also kill
those pesky deer mice that are all over Moscow and carry Hantavirus, a nasty
disease the killed a well known Moscow native a few years back), and I am sure
the cats run all over the neighbors yard, breed like anything, and so forth and
so on, but do you really need more regulation and laws? I am 100% sure
cats have been part of Moscow's history since the 1870's and I am sure in that
time frame untold numbers of birds have been killed, but do you really need
another law? Last time I was in town there were a lot of birds
there. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
happens if Susie lets the cat out, does she get fined? jailed?
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
answer to life problems is not another law, another
regulation...etc. Heck the City is incapable of enforcing barking
dog laws, and I have rarely heard of anyone getting ticketed for playing a game
of Frisbee catch with a unrestrained dog. Instead, just ask the
owners to keep the cat in, or better yet realize that the cat has the same God
given rights to wander around outside killing whatever it pleases, crapping
where ever it wants, breeding and so forth. Why does the world have to be
a sterile controlled environment? Why is it that if you hate something you
ask for its control, imprisonment, sterilization, or execution?
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Can
someone somewhere please put a halt to the cry for a new
law/regulation/guideline/etc. for what ever ails them? Can we just
get along?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
Gritman party is too loud, halt it...the ice rink is too loud, shut it
down...the proposed park will create too much traffic, stop it...the highway
will kill the grass, move it...the Naylors will dig the next Berkley Pit, stop
them...college students party too much, arrest them...and now cats cannot live
like God intended them to, instead sentence it to life without parole inside
your home....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sorry
Bill but this idea even has me wondering....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
all is well,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Chris</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Chris
Storhok</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=890212720-22082005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>French<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 22, 2005 12:17
PM<BR><B>To:</B> vision2020@moscow.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020]
Responsible pet ownership<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill French has asked me to forward this message
to Vision 2020</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Georgia,Book Antiqua" size=2>
<P>The city of Moscow is currently drafting a new animal control ordinance
which, unfortunately, will not require the licensing or containment of cats.
This exclusion is on the direction of the council administrative committee and
John Dickinson, who is council liaison to the ordinance writing committee.
John thinks that cats, including his own, have more right to use property than
the owner who's paying the mortgage and taxes.</P>
<P>While cats have always had free run in Moscow, cats cause many problems
when allowed to run loose. Contrary to popular opinion, domestic cats are not
"wildlife" and are not part of any natural ecosystem. Housecats have been
domesticated over thousands of years and were introduced to North America by
European immigrants. Our native birds and mammals did not evolve with the
small, abundant, sheltered, and well-fed predator called "Fluffy". The result
is that domestic cats are the second-leading cause of declining bird
populations worldwide, killing hundreds of millions annually. </P>
<P>Free-roaming cats also violate the private property rights of those who
don't wish to have cats hunting, defecating or spraying on their property. Not
only do free-roaming cats spread disease to other cats, they also can spread
disease to humans (potentially by contaminating garden soil). Well-fed,
declawed cats with bells on their collars will still hunt successfully, just
for fun. Unaltered free-roaming cats contribute greatly to the cat
over-population problem, which places unsupportable burdens on wildlife and
animal shelters alike. </P>
<P>If you'd like more information about a national campaign to end the problem
of free-roaming cats, go to the CATS INDOORS! link on </FONT><A
href="http://www.abcbirds.org/"><FONT face="Georgia,Book Antiqua"
size=2>www.abcbirds.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Georgia,Book Antiqua" size=2>.
If you'd like to sign a petition requesting that the Moscow city council place
restrictions on cats, Email </FONT><A
href="mailto:catsindoors@moscow.com"><FONT face="Georgia,Book Antiqua"
size=2>catsindoors@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Georgia,Book Antiqua"
size=2>. This campaign is not against cats - just the irresponsible ownership
of them.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Georgia,Book Antiqua" size=2>Bill
French</P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>