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Top stories: Exotic animals make bad pets, professor says; from feral kittens to loving family cats.

Posted: July 24, 2009, 3 a.m. EDT

Exotic Animals Make Bad Pets, Professor Says
Lions, tigers and monkeys. Oh my, they make bad pets, said a Kansas State University professor of zoological medicine. A day after a Pittsburg State University linebacker suffered season-ending injuries from a zebra attack, professor Gary West talked about encountering numerous people owning inappropriate exotic pets, the Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal reports.
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From Feral Kittens to Loving Family Cats
Just about everyone has done it at one time or another: put out a bowl of food or water for the local stray kitty. But turning a feral cat into a household pet is another matter entirely. Yet that's what Castro Valley, Calif., residents Molly Cain and husband Kris Yapp decided to do when they found two abandoned feral kittens, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Cat-Killer Is Likely a Big Dog, Vet Says
The culprit in the mysterious wave of West Columbia, S.C., cat killings is most likely a dog — or pack of dogs — that roam the area at night, The State.com reports.
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Of course feral cats can be domesticated. I myself have taken feral cats, once too scared to come within 500 feet of me, and they are now happily living in my home, as loving, purring lap cats.

The myth that feral cats "have to be killed (murdered) because they cant be transformed" is just an excuse for PETA, HSUS, ASPCA kill 'shelters' and pounds, to remain lazy and indifferent about the issue. They dont care about individual souls, so they come up with lies to "excuse" the killing. They lack the will and the desire to save lives, because that is harder to do, takes more effort and they dont care enough to put in that effort.They are more comfortable sitting back in their chairs, following the status quo of inactivity and killing based on their huge indifference on the issue.

With hard work, love and kindness EVERY INDIVIDUAL SOUL can be transformed.

If The Michael Vick dogs can be transformed, feral cats certainly can be.
And are.

Dont excuse the lies. The lies excuse the murder.

Take sides. Neutrality helps the killers, never the victims. Silence and inactivity helps the abusers/killers, never the innocent victims.

Demand that the mass murder of cats and dogs stop, immediately.

YOU can make a difference.

Together, we WILL make a difference.
Matt, Tulsa, OK
Posted: 7/24/2009 2:49:23 PM
I can't believe that we are still having to tell people that exotic animals are bad pets. Seems like common sense to me!
Anon, City, CA
Posted: 7/24/2009 2:37:35 PM
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