Date sent: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 02:15:13 EST Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pets > Dear Joe and ecofem, > > The relationship between domesticated pets (especially cats and dogs) and > humans can be very, very beautiful. I have two cats myself, and they are real > lovers (cats are the only species, by the way, that domesticated themselves). > The problem to me is not in living with pets (we don't ever really own them, > no matter what we think), but in the fact that so many animals suffer cruelly > things they would not suffer without the human race. Yes, they would be eaten > and eat each other, but only we can break their hearts. I've seen in in the > animal shelters, as have we all, and in the unbearable betrayal they are so > often dealt. My rule for myself about pets is this: if you "adopt" them, you > care for them their whole life. Period. > > Blessings, > Jane > As I have. Joe
