Funny, isn't it, how it's acceptable to be vituperative about cats, who do no deliberate harm to humans, but not to complain about dogs in the same style. There has been a case a few days ago of a child attacked by her neighbour's dogs (now deceased). I was once attacked by Alsatians (called off before biting by an owner who did not acknowledge my presence), and I have to use that incident as an excuse when objecting to doggy behaviour. I would not be tolerated if I said that the mess, their barking at me from next door whenever I dare to use my garden, their close approach to my tent, their slobbering on me, their sniffing at parts I wish to keep private, were objectionable, and that's without calling them vermin, unless I have some reason for it, other than its being objectionable.

When people feel such passion about such things as cats, I wonder why. And I'm very cautious about the association between anti-cattery and the urge to control people and things.

Penny