2 Myths About Cats Not True

[Catherine]

Quote:And then there are those who hate cats because they say they kill birds. All I can say to that is I have been looking after a cat (indoor/outdoor cat) for 5 years now, and see almost all of her 'kills' or clear evidence of her kills, and in that time she has killed two small birds, but a far greater number of mice and one rat. Birds aren't all that easy to catch!

Mostly cats catch mice. We probably need them to catch mice since we have killed so many other predators.
I think the people who hate cats will hate them no matter what.

I have never actually known anyone to get cat scratch fever. A little soap and water would probably help if you had a scratch.
You are like me, you get scratches all the time and we don't get sick because we keep ourselves healthy. Of course most of my scratches are from reptiles, but they never infect either.

The UK is lucky that it doesn't have rabies. We still find cases in raccoons and foxes. It is such a scary disease. We actually vaccinate the wild raccoons with some kind of bait they can eat. There is no rabies in Toronto right now, but there are cases not too far away.