STRAY CATS AWARDED "HERITAGE STATUS"
December, 2001: Stray cats which hang around Rome's historical monuments have been awarded heritage protection by the city. Rome's council has declared 150 cats which prowl the archaelogical ruins of Torre Argentina part of the city's biocultural heritage,
The council has committed itself to preserving them. In a statement, it said:
" The cats have a well established and ancient bond with the city."
II Nuevo reports they are currently fed and cared for by voluntary associations. The council also says it will help the volunteers financially to make sure the cats are properly looked after.
from the "Annanova Journals"
JUNE, 1999
British executive Jim Rose, the manager of a new line of pet food for
Britain'sSafeway Stores PLC, says that although Safeway Stores uses
a "test panel" of 2,000 dogs and cats, he nonetheless carefully tastes
every single product under development, as well as competitors' products, leading his wife to refer to him affectionately as "dogbreath".
A spokesman for Ralston Purina said, "We don't use humans
to test pet foods."
BY
CHUCK SHEPHERD
In October, Richard Evans, a member of the Australian Parliament,
proposed that the country eliminate all cats within 25 years.
Evans offered evidence that cats have killed off nine species
of wildlife and proposed that a fatal virus be released on feral cats.
He said also that domestic cats should be neutered until they die
out and that in the interim, cat curfews and a registry should be
put in place.
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