Did you see the image of the kitty that chased off a mean dog that was attacking a small boy? Entertaining video, isn’t it? And pretty amazing, considering the general nature of cats.
LOL! Maybe not, too.
My mother used to have a Siamese cat that would sit on the wall that surrounded the backyard of the house where she lived in Long Beach, California. The neighbor had a German shepherd that was just driven wacky by this cat. Oh, how it wanted the cat. Every time it would walk by (in those days, the early 1940s, there was no such thing as a leash law — people let their dogs run around loose the same as they still let their cats run around loose today), it would see the cat perched on the wall and would fling itself at the wall trying to catch the cat.
One day the cat decided enough was enough. The dog came trotting along, minding its own business as much as a dog can, and all of a sudden the cat dropped of the wall onto the dog’s back, dug its claws and fangs in, and hung on like a gigantic furry tick! The dog shot off down the street, yowling, with the cat clinging to its back.
Ever afterward, my mother said, whenever the dog would come walking up the street it would cross the road and walk on the other side to pass her house! 😀
Naturally, cat superhero episode has triggered all sorts of foolishness about the joys of owning a cat that you allow to roam around the neighborhood. Here’s one that’s especially syrupy…snark! God, people are such morons!
“Cats are for life,” quoth the silly woman? I don’t think so. What an infelicitous turn of speech. They are the exact opposite of “for” life…
Cats are extremely efficient predators. They are obligatory carnivores, meaning the many feral cats roaming our cities, towns and countryside have to kill to live. In many parts of the world they are an invasive species. They devastate native bird populations, small mammals, and insect-eating reptiles. They carry toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease that induces spontaneous abortions in pregnant women.
If you MUST have a cat, keep it indoors. Otherwise, cat ownership is about as irresponsible as…oh, say, letting a mean dog run loose so it can go after a little boy.
A couple of years ago, someone was letting their cat roam the neighborhood. He decided that he liked our deck and would park himself right smack dab in the middle of it…much to the chagrin of my two cats who would practically concuss themselves trying to bash through the doorwall to get a chance at this instigator, who would just sit on the deck, calm as kings, likely fully aware of the ruckus he was causing. Eventually I had to block the top of the stairway leading to the deck just for the peace of mind of my cats.
Of course, being the insufferable bitch I am, I’d have let those two cats loose. They would have made short work of the idiot neighbor’s puddy tat.
I’m a dog person, but I like cats enough. Amazing video. Animals can be very protective.