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2004-12-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Cloned Pussy Goes For $50K (Less in Tijuana, methinks)

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Posted by .com 2004-12-23 02:39|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sigh. I work in the animal shelter on weekends. There are so many cats (and dogs) in there. All three Samoyeds I've had are/were from the pound.

Posted by jackal 2004-12-23 11:00:24 AM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2004-12-23 11:00:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 That's where we get our cats. This is one of the stupidest things I've heard of, but it costs too much to happen too often. Good thing is, it will get a lot of play in the press and give shelter operators a venue to bring up all the pets they have for adoption.

Posted by Steve 2004-12-23 11:10:53 AM|| 2004-12-23 11:10:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I prefer the real thing.

Posted by ducking for cover 2004-12-23 11:12:20 AM|| 2004-12-23 11:12:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 For a minute there, I thought this was an auction on Deperate Housewives.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-12-23 12:02:52 PM|| 2004-12-23 12:02:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 If I need another cat I don't think I would have a hard time finding one right here in the neighborhood. People don't spay and nuter. I am all for the shelter route if you can get a non feral kitten. It hard to ge6 the wild out of them even if you raise them from kittens. Momma has a wild gene she passes I think. I have had to trap feral Cats. It's a bummer to know they will be put down but you can't have then repropducing in the bushes and they will like rabbits.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-12-23 3:24:43 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2004-12-23 3:24:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Kittens have to be accustomed to, and be held by humans from the very first, in order to adjust well to being a pet. A feral mother will never let you near her kittens,and by the time they are out and about, and encountering humans, it is almost always too late. We had a mother cat who let us handle her babies from the beginning, and they all made wonderful, well adjusted pets.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2004-12-23 6:15:02 PM|| [http://www.sgtstryker.com] 2004-12-23 6:15:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 SPoD and Sgt. Mom. the head cat around here is feral as hell... double feral. Fell from a tree when she had just opened her eyes. The other regular cats understand somehow the feralnisitiy (lol) and respect it.

Posted by Shipman 2004-12-23 7:06:05 PM|| 2004-12-23 7:06:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 And SPoD remember cats hold grudges.

Posted by Shipman 2004-12-23 7:09:57 PM|| 2004-12-23 7:09:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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