Janet wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> In article >, cshenk1
> @cox.net says...
> >
> > Janet wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > > >
> > > > On 2/7/2016 7:59 PM, Cheri wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Where I am, they are not supposed to run loose, but a person
> > > > > can't shoot them (who the Hell would want to do that) but you
> > > > > can trap them and take them to the animal shelter.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheri
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Apparently graham thinks shooting cats is a good idea.
> > > >
> > > > As for cats running loose, I think it's a bit of a cultural
> > > > thing. I've never had a cat that ran around loose outside.
> > >
> > > I've never had an indoor one. Nor would I, because I've seen how
> > > much innocent pleasure cats get from an outdoor life, exploring,
> > > climbing, surveying the passing world from a vantage point,
> > > chasing leaves and mice, basking in the sun etc.
> > >
> > > Janet UK
> >
> > Janet, one of the issues that affects USA attitudes here is rabies.
> > It;s endemic to the local wildlife with highest numbers being
> > Racoons, Bats, and Skunks. The most common domestic to be
> > afflicted is cats (247 in 2015). Dogs, with a strong vaccine
> > policy are a much smaller number. It was for example 32 or 34 cats
> > to 5 dogs in Virginia (I will look it up if you need it but it's a
> > simple google).
> >
> > Even if many here don't really know the cat has a higher prevalence
> > than a dog, the general information tends to filter around as one of
> > many reasons why cats tend to be kept inside if true pets here.
> >
> > UK is rabies free. (last case in 2002 aquired overseas).
>
> Yes, I know. However, Americans might like to consider that what
> pertains to pet cats or cat owners in the USA might not be matched
> elsewhere. For example, I never need to carry a gun when walking in
> the woods (or anywhere else). No cats here have ever been kidnapped
> by possums.
>
> UK vets would not agree it's healthier for UK cats to live indoors.
> They let their own cats go outside. I have never, ever known a cat to
> be hurt by a dog; but most dogs I know have been punished by
> cats.Cats who go outside are well accustomed to dog encounters (and
> all dogs are very used to cats so know the score). In every cat-dog
> combat zone I've ever seen, the cat always won hands down. Of course,
> we don't declaw cats here.
>
> Janet UK
Janet it is true to the 2 lands are very different and no one is
denying that. Instead of attempting to justify how Americans look at
outdoor cats, I was trying to EXPLAIN why they do not automatically
'get it' that you think it's fine.
As to guns in the woods, well you do not have bears, wolves, coyotes,
wild boars and a host of other things there.
In comparison, the UK is a rather santized area.
As to the dogs, nope. Not buying that one at all.
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