Comments on: City Cats – Dangers for Outdoor Kitties http://www.cats90210.com/ezine/2009/09/city-cats-dangers-for-outdoor-kitties/ Anything and Everything Feline Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rita http://www.cats90210.com/ezine/2009/09/city-cats-dangers-for-outdoor-kitties/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Rita Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:00:31 +0000 http://www.cats90210.com/ezine/?p=102#comment-23 Thanks Michael, I appreciate your support very much! Barbara - I know you must hear so many sad stories. At the rescue I volunteer with, if anyone even hints they might let their new cat go outside, the rescue won't adopt to them... My Smokey kitty came to me from "the street" and he wants no part of going back out there! He is loved, well-fed, and happy right here by my side with his furry playmates ;-) Thanks Michael, I appreciate your support very much!

Barbara – I know you must hear so many sad stories. At the rescue I volunteer with, if anyone even hints they might let their new cat go outside, the rescue won’t adopt to them… My Smokey kitty came to me from “the street” and he wants no part of going back out there! He is loved, well-fed, and happy right here by my side with his furry playmates ;-)

]]> By: Barbara Caplan-Bennett http://www.cats90210.com/ezine/2009/09/city-cats-dangers-for-outdoor-kitties/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Barbara Caplan-Bennett Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:49:18 +0000 http://www.cats90210.com/ezine/?p=102#comment-22 Good call, Rita, and absolutely true! As someone who answers the phone for a rescue organization, I can't tell you how many calls I've received from people whose cats have been killed by coyotes, hit by cars, or simply disappeared without explanation. Rita's right. It does take patience to teach a cat to live strictly indoors once they are used to going outside, but it can be done. For those who adopt kittens -- a cat who never goes outside in the first place will never miss it. You can hold my front door wide open and both my cats will stay put. They're smart enough to know where the food is! ;) Good call, Rita, and absolutely true! As someone who answers the phone for a rescue organization, I can’t tell you how many calls I’ve received from people whose cats have been killed by coyotes, hit by cars, or simply disappeared without explanation. Rita’s right. It does take patience to teach a cat to live strictly indoors once they are used to going outside, but it can be done. For those who adopt kittens — a cat who never goes outside in the first place will never miss it. You can hold my front door wide open and both my cats will stay put. They’re smart enough to know where the food is! ;)

]]> By: Michael http://www.cats90210.com/ezine/2009/09/city-cats-dangers-for-outdoor-kitties/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Michael Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:42:08 +0000 http://www.cats90210.com/ezine/?p=102#comment-21 Nice blog. Keep up the good work. Nice blog. Keep up the good work.

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