They are both going to have their 2nd birthday in August. They are the best cats we've ever had. They play fetch and walk on a leash outside. Do you have any pictures to post of your baby?
Posted on 05/25/2006 4:11:35 AM PDT by decimon
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island could become the first state to require cat owners to spay or neuter their pets under legislation passed Wednesday by the General Assembly.
The measure would require pets older than 6 months to be spayed or neutered unless owners pay $100 for a breeder's license or special permit. Violators would be fined $75 a month.
The Senate previously passed the bill, and with House approval, it now goes to Gov. Don Carcieri. The governor was reviewing the legislation, spokesman Jeff Neal said.
Democratic Rep. Charlene Lima, the legislation's main sponsor in the House, said she hopes Rhode Island will lead the nation in instituting a spaying requirement.
Supporters say the bill could save thousands of cats from being killed each year and ease crowding in animal shelters.
But some animal rights advocates worry the bill could prompt cat owners to abandon their pets rather than risk a fine or pay several hundred dollars for the birth control procedures.
The bill has a provision for low-income pet owners to receive subsidies for low-cost spay and neuter surgery. It also exempts farmers.
East Providence, Pawtucket and Warwick already have similar municipal ordinances.
Cats licensed and tagged like dogs?
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Praline: (whistles a bit, then) Hello. I would like to buy a fish license, please.
Postal clerk: A what?
Praline: A license for my pet fish, Eric.
Clerk: How did you know my name was Eric?
Praline: No, no, no! My fish's name is Eric. Eric fish. He's an halibut.
Clerk: What?
Praline: He is an halibut.
Clerk: You've got a pet halibut?
Praline: Yes, I chose him out of thousands. I didn't like the others, they were all too flat.
Clerk: You must be a loony.
Praline: I am not a loony. Why should I be tarred with the epithet 'loony' merely because I have a pet halibut? I've heard tell that Sir Gerald Nabarro has a pet prawn called Simon - you wouldn't call him a loony! Furthermore Dawn Pathorpe, the lady show jumper, had a clam called Stafford, after the late chancellor. Alan Bullock has two pikes, both called Chris, and Marcel Proust had an 'addock! So if you're calling the author of 'A la recherche de temps perdu' a loony, I shall have to ask you to step outside!
Clerk: All right, all right, all right. A license?
Praline: Yes!
Clerk: For a fish.
Praline: Yes!
Clerk: You *are* a loony.
Praline: Look, it's a bleeding pet, isn't it? I've got a license for me pet dog Eric, I've got a license for me pet cat Eric.
Clerk: You don't need a license for your cat.
Praline: I bleedin' well do and I've got one! Can't be caught out there!
Clerk: There is no such thing as a bloody Cat license.
Praline: Yes there is.
Clerk: No there isn't.
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: Is!
Clerk: Isn't!
Praline: What's that then?
Clerk: This is a dog license with the word 'dog' crossed out and 'cat' written in, in crayon.
Praline: Man didn't have the right form.
Clerk: What man?
Praline: The man from the cat detector van.
Clerk: The loony detector van, you mean.
Praline: Look, it's people like you what cause unrest.
Clerk: What cat detector van?
Praline: The cat detector van from the Ministry of Housinge.
Clerk: Housinge?
Praline: It was spelt like that on the van. I'm very observant. I never seen so many bleedin' aerials. The man said their equipment could pinpoint a purr at four hundred yards, and Eric being such a happy cat was a piece of cake.
Clerk: How much did you pay for this?
Praline: Sixty quid and eight for the fruit-bat.
Clerk: What fruit-bat?
Praline: Eric the fruit-bat.
Clerk: Are all your pets called Eric?
Praline: There's nothing so odd about that. Kemel Attaturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul.
Clerk: No he didn't.
Praline: Did!
Clerk: Didn't!
Praline: Did, did, did, did, did and did!
Clerk: Oh all right.
Praline: Spoken like a gentleman, sir. Now, are you going to give me a fish license?
Clerk: I promise you that there is no such thing. You don't need one.
NB: The TV Version continues.....the album version continues below
Praline: Then I would like a statement to that effect signed by the Lord Mayor.
(Fanfare of trumpets. Mayor gorgeously dressed with dignitaries enters flanked by trumpeters.)
Clerk: You're in luck.
(In long shot now. The Mayor, who is nine foot high, and dignitaries approach a startled Praline. Organ music below a reverent voice over)
No surprise. RI is as left as possible while still being in the "United States".
They have nothing better to do than pass idiotic laws.
Your vet was right. It's nice that your kittens all found homes, but most don't. And the homes yours found could have gone to cats that were instead euthanized at animal shleters for lack of homes. Go talk to someone at a shelter who has to personally euthanize many healthy loving cats and dogs every day -- then you'll feel differently about letting pet cats reproduce. I don't have one iota of sympathy for breeders of "pedigreed" cats. They're a big part of the problem and shouldn't get any special treatment when it comes to animal population control measures.
I honestly cannot understand how anyone can live with an intact female cat. I'm not dissing cats, but they are just obnoxious when they are in heat!
susie
You will eventually probably take the cat to a vet.
susie
People should never feel satisfied about giving "Free Kittens" away to strangers. Sometimes those strangers are cruel sadists, sometimes they sell kittens to animal testing laboratories. And sometimes, kittens that cost nothing are too easily discarded, drowned or dumped by the side of the road if they don't turn out to be good pets.
Only idiots would try to enforce animal control laws at the state level. This is a community, city, or county level problem, and some places do vote on and enforce leash laws for pets. I can't imagine a cat leash law, but then, I can't imagine anyone allowing their pet cat outside.
I live in Cobb County, GA, and here County Animal Control has a list of vets who will spay or neuter feral cats for $25.00. Some wild cats can never be tamed to become housepets, but at least they aren't "out there" maiming each other in cat fights, and they aren't adding more cats to the problem.
You don't have to be a PETA puke to care deeply about animals.
It wouldn't help in Rhode Island. Unwanted strays from Massachusetts would just swerve and stumble into the state.
I watch Animal Cops on AP. I don't know whethr to be angry or cry half the time. My cat, Cooper, pictured above likes to watch Animal Planet, too. He's a little Platinum Burmese Mama's Boy.
Makes sense for R.I. to reduce the population of cats thereby reducing the number of feral cats running loose. We have Mother Nature here controlling feral cats, they are called coyotes.
"Does this look like an unhappy neutered kitty?"
Nope. He looks like a very happy, slightly silly, house-dwelling, blue point Siamese. Or 'Meezer.
Please let me know if I'm correct. I've got a $10.00 bet going with my blue point that I'm right. Thanks.
On the one hand, Cobb County might be as big as Rhode Island. On the other hand, that nitwit did say she hopes this leads to the same, nationwide.
They are both going to have their 2nd birthday in August. They are the best cats we've ever had. They play fetch and walk on a leash outside. Do you have any pictures to post of your baby?
I've had all the females in my feral 'pride' spayed--- About 7 I believe at this point in time. Wish I could do the males too, but the money ain't there.
I wish there was a bait you could put out that would sterilize feral strays.
Too bad we did not think of this sooner ... might have kept some of the "dynasties" from developing! LOL
"He's a Platinum Burmese named Cooper."
Well, of course he is. Sorry. If I'd seen more of his face I would have known. Cooper and Sawyer are beautiful! Really are. Behaviors you describe are like our three pedigree Siamese. Sorry I'm not able to post photos but I will soon.
Our chief executive cat is Elliott, blue point. His first assistant in crime is Taylor, seal point. Followed by -- in order of seniority -- Lord Rhys of Kidwelly. Or Rhys, for short. Little one is a lilac point with a personality the size of Rhode Island. I'm sure you understand.
My compliments on the names Cooper and Sawyer. Fine looking fellows!
Please, no apologies! They are not that common. I see you're as proud of your brood as we are! They are so special, aren't they? Please post or FReepmail pictures when you can.
"Please post or FReepmail pictures when you can."
Deal. And yes, you're right on all counts.
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