Ebbie makes a very valid point.   Having had animals of my own---dogs and cats that lived to ripe old ages---exactly right.

As to humn conradictions---so true. Think of (if yu have read the articles) about the hawks of 5th Ave. More attention paid to their eviction from a perch on a luxury 5th Ave. bldg. than to a poor person in any other neighborhood. And the press and the public made sure the hawks were returned to their abode. Why even the laying of their new eggs was covered in the press---hand out the cigars for the new birth.    They only missed the copulation---or maybe not. Human contradiction---I do like the hawks---and look at all the personalities that got mileage out of this---Mary Tyler Moore for one.

Bill Hahn