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Costumes For Cats A Felony?
ClickonDetroit ^
| February 21, 2007
| AP
Posted on 02/22/2007 3:48:27 AM PST by ShadowDancer
Costumes For Cats A Felony?
Restaurant Giving Out Cat Costumes
POSTED: 11:23 pm EST February 21, 2007
TAMPA, Fla. -- Letting the cat out of the bag isn't the problem. It's putting the cat in the bag that's causing controversy.
The Checkers Drive-in chain is running a "Rapcat" promotion. The Tampa-based, fast-food company has a special take-out bag with cutaways for a cat's legs and tail.
Checkers is encouraging customers to dress up their cats with the bag, which is designed to look like a basketball jersey. But officials of Hillsborough County Animal Services warn that putting an unwilling cat into a "Rapcat" bag could be considered felony animal cruelty.
Officials of Checkers said they meant no harm, adding that since the chain began airing Rapcat commercials last fall, customers have been clamoring for Rapcat merchandise.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cats; donutwatch; goodluck; impossible; recipeforscratches
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To: ShadowDancer
Better try this with a de-clawed kitty first kids. /s
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posted on
02/22/2007 3:52:04 AM PST
by
OneLoyalAmerican
(Truth was the first casualty in the MSM's war on President Bush.)
To: ShadowDancer
well I hate Cats and Rap...
and the one time my family ate at Checkers we all got sick...
they should open.....a.....CHINESE CHECKERS!!!!
Then you can have your cat and eat it too........
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posted on
02/22/2007 3:53:50 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("An armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: OneLoyalAmerican
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posted on
02/22/2007 3:54:31 AM PST
by
ShadowDancer
(Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire.)
To: ShadowDancer
Dressing up dogs is just funny.
To: Vaquero
CHINESE CHECKERS!!!!
Then you can have your cat and eat it too........ ROTFLMAO!
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posted on
02/22/2007 3:57:50 AM PST
by
OneLoyalAmerican
(Truth was the first casualty in the MSM's war on President Bush.)
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
02/22/2007 3:59:27 AM PST
by
SIDENET
(No votes for RINOs.)
To: ShadowDancer
If I just put any bag on the floor, my girl cat gets in it. Then she chews some holes in it. What's the big deal?
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:03:29 AM PST
by
meowmeow
(In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:06:08 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:15:53 AM PST
by
OneLoyalAmerican
(Truth was the first casualty in the MSM's war on President Bush.)
To: ShadowDancer
Anyone who tries to dress a cat deserves the results.
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:20:40 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Every "choice" has a direct object.)
To: ShadowDancer
Unbag Fair Feline Now,
Or Ye Shall Face The Wrath Of Odin!
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:29:48 AM PST
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a 'Right Wing Extremist'.)
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:36:59 AM PST
by
jws3sticks
(Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
To: ShadowDancer
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:39:30 AM PST
by
raybbr
(You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
To: ShadowDancer
But officials of Hillsborough County Animal Services warn that putting an unwilling cat into a "Rapcat" bag could be considered felony animal cruelty.I wonder how they feel about bathing an unwilling cat? Or taking an unwilling cat to the vet?
I think the officials of Hillsborough County Animal Services need to find a different way to look busy.
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:49:38 AM PST
by
magslinger
(Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make up something good.)
To: ShadowDancer
I heard that ... certainly wouldn't stick if I was on the jury.
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:49:55 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Prevent Glo-Ball Warming ... turn out the sun when not in use)
To: ShadowDancer
I had been meaning to post something about cats likely thinking that dressing them up was felonious, but that it was absurd for humans to think so, but after some of the pictures on this thread, I'm not so sure.
(Though the princess cat, little red riding cat, and pirate cat were kind of cute, and I have nothing but respect for the Viking kitties.)
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:53:33 AM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .u)
To: magslinger
I think it would be difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law that the cat was unwilling.
Typically, testimony from cats is rather ambiguous.
To: magslinger
I f you ask me, cats are pretty much unwilling about anything you want them to do. I have two, so I know.
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:54:41 AM PST
by
Miss Marple
(Prayers for Jemian's son,: Lord, please keep him safe and bring him home .)
To: Vaquero
"Then you can have your cat and eat it too........"
God One, V! Now they will sue you for *letting the Cat out of the Bag*
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posted on
02/22/2007 4:56:30 AM PST
by
wolfcreek
(Please Lord, May I be, one who sees what's in front of me.)
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