I’m 81 years of age, have always loved cats, since I was a little boy. I’ve been married for over 50 years, and have had cats in this house since then, they bring immense pleasure. When my children were young, we had a Siamese seal point (old style). They use to dress him up in clothes and wheel him around in a toy pram. And now you’re seriously asking is it time to stop owning cats. Tell that to millions of people who have had immense pleasure and comfort with owning a cat. You also say that it costs $1800 a year to keep a cat, so what, people spend more than this on coffee, a year, so are we going to ban coffee!?. My present cat is a chocolate Burmese, he’s 16 years old and we love him dearly. I can assure you that when his time comes I will be buying another cat, probably a Siamese, to continue my love of cats. And as far as the enviorement goes, all of our cats were kept inside of a night. Sure some of them had caught and killed some birds, but we also saved a lot when caught. Suppose you haven’t heard about collars with bells to help give birds a bit of a warning, And by the way I’m also a bird lover (parrots) as well as dogs. Do these have to go too!?
