"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> Cheryl > wrote:
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>>> "cybercat" > wrote in message
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>>>> Aside from being out of his ****ing mind, as usual, I think Sheldon is
>>>> upset about the cats.
>>>
>>> I am too.
>>
>> Keeping a cat inside is torture. I want a cat who can bring me
>> birds and chipmunks, not lay around the house all days plotting to
>> kill me for keeping them locked up all day.
>>
>> -sw
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> Where I live cats are looked upon by AC the same way dogs are - they
> aren't allowed to roam by law. If they are found roaming, they are picked
> up by AC the same way dogs are, and if not claimed and not chipped
> (assuming AC bothers to scan them) they are put to death in 3 days, and if
> they're lucky, 7 days. I happen to know FL is the same way in some places
> because a friend has been fined many times when AC finds his cat roaming.
>

This is the case in most urban and suburban places these days.