Cats are subject to tuberculosis and diphtheria, they 

 carry and traiasmit bubonic plague, as well as the foot and 

 mouth disease. It is quite possible that the epidemic of 

 measles in Greenwich some months back can be traced to 

 the cat, which could easily elude the most careful quarantine. 



Authenticated cases of true hydrophobia have been 

 traced to the bite of a pet cat. 



The writer personally knows of a family which treated 

 an ailment of a pet cat, only to learn that the disease was 

 true cancer. The condition c/f mind of members of that 

 family can be better imagined than described as they await 

 the appearance of the signs of 1 hat dreaded disease upon their 

 own bodies. 



The heartless cruelty of thoughtless persons who bring a 

 cat with them from the city and desert it when returning at 

 the end of their stay in the country, should be universally 

 condemned. So with those who, owning surplus cats, take 

 them to the outskirts of their own township and then set 

 them adrift. An ounce of chloroform or drowning would be 

 the merciful thing to do. 



Deserted cats, forced to gain a living, are the kind that 

 kill annually millions of valuable insect eating birds. Brood- 

 ing, feeding and roosting adults with uncountable nestlings 

 are needlessly slaughtered to no purpose. 



In the near future wide awake communities will come to 

 realize that cats should be licensed. Such a law imposes no 

 hardship on the individual, while it serves to protect the pub- 

 lic at large. 



The problem of the house cat is difficult to approach, and 

 still more difficult to solve. A love of cats being more gen- 

 eral than a love of birds, cat owners are up in arms the mo- 

 ment the object of their affections (?) is attacked. Realizing 

 the hopelessness of converting one already prejudiced in 

 favor of cats, the writer will ofTer the following testimony, 

 trusting it will be read and remembered: 



Well fed cats hunt birds, because hunting is a character- 

 istic of their specie. Most birds are killed during the nesting 

 season, which is from June to August, inclusive, than all the 

 rest of the year. From 3 to 8 A. M. are the hours cats hunt 

 both nestlings and fledglings. 



The writer has not needed to go far for his facts. A ccr- 



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