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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Nov 8, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > > I am interested in your thoughts on what you feel
> > is the best way to end the pain and suffering of pets.
> I would simply add a note of caution against our tendancy toward
> anthropromophism.   Animals aren't human and what we perceive as  
> suffering may or may not
> be suffering at all from the animal's point of view.  This is  
> especially true
> of cats. . . . We built a cairn over him.  It is difficult to  
> imagine what we would have
> missed by ushering him out of the world too soon.
>
> Here's to you, Batman!  Lived and died on his own terms.

Thank you.

That reinforces my feelings about cats.