[varmintman]

The unidentified man in his 50s became ill several days after being bitten when he tried to get a mouse out of the mouth of a stray cat

There's no such thing as a cure for stupidity...

[Olog-hai]

Sounds like the PETA mentality running out of control, eh? I have a cat that catches mice daily and eats them; he usually leaves the heads on the doorstep, and I have to be careful about how to dispose of them, at least as careful as I am about keeping him free of fleas.

[I still care]

You thought that too? Why would a man take a mouse from a stray? Taking food from a stray animal.

These articles are worded so badly. Came up with my biology kids, and we were wondering which bit him. The cat? The mouse? The flea? This article seems to say the cat.

[trebb]

There's no such thing as a cure for stupidity...

Yep - hence the adage, "You can make anything fool-proof, you just can't make it damn-fool-proof".