I've known dogs who could burn off wallpaper and kill canaries with their farts! Well, okay, not quite, but you know what I mean...

Grab - Well, yes, I see your point, but let's face it the world will never be perfect. I think passing more restrictive laws is not usually the way to go. I liked it in Cuba where there were less restrictions on common stuff like this rather than more. The local dogs there often wander around amongst the people, not restricted in their movements in any way. You'd never see that here, in the land of the anal-retentive who must have a flippin' law for everything in order to feel "safe". In Cuba the dogs, like the people, sometimes escape the hot noonday sun by retiring under the awning of the local cafe. The people sit around drinking and chatting, while the dogs nap or watch the traffic, and everyone has a good time. The dog requires no license or I.D. Now cats...there were relatively few of them in Cuba, but the ones I saw were always somebody's pet, and had a home. How they manage that, I don't know...

My point is...fewer laws make for a more relaxed and tolerant lifestyle, more variety, more richness to life.

Now it's quite easy to keep your cat from fouling other people's gardens...simply provide him or her with a nearby area of soft earth, sand, or a litter box, etc...on YOUR property. He will almost always use the nearer and more convenient place, and therefore will not foul your neighbour's garden in all probability.

Dogs on the other hand...well, they often seem to prefer defecating on the next yard over, while they prefer to pee on their own territory (thus marking it).

But like I said...life is not perfect. Why get bent out of shape over the fact that there are a few things happening out there that aren't under your control?


Say, folks, I sent 2 or 3 emails to the guy with the Cate Hate UK website, and I got a couple of replies from him. Turns out his name is Felix! LOL! It also turns out that one of the main purposes of his campaign is to protect cats from being hurt by people who hate them (presumeably through legislation restricting their movements in the outdoors...the cats, I mean...). Felix seems rather likeable, actually. This bears further investigation, I think. :-)

- LH