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	<title>Comments on: Are Cats and Dogs People, or Toasters? A Primer on Pet Personhood</title>
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		<title>By: Dawn</title>
		<link>https://davidhgrimm.com/2013/10/08/are-cats-and-dogs-people-or-toasters-a-primer-on-pet-personhood/#comment-283130</link>
		<dc:creator>Dawn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To JOHN JACOBS

   NO DISRESPECT TO YOUR OPINION OR BELIEFS. A DOMESTICATED CAT IS CAPABLE OF CO-EXISTING WITH HUMANS, DOGS ETC. (INSIDE OF A HOME) ETC.
        BOBCATS, TIGERS ( ARE NOT DOMESTICATED) .NOR BELONG CONFINED IN A HOUSE OR CAGE IN A ZOO. ETC  ALL OF THEM ARE OF THE SAME SPECIES. 
     A CAT NATURALLY BELONGS OUTSIDE. TO EXPRESS INSTINCTS OF CURIOSITY, PROWLING, PLAY, EXERCISE CLIMBING, ABSORB THE PLANET. (HALF/HALF)
     THEY ARE SKILLED IN TERRITORY AND STAYING IN THAT REALM WHILE FREE .DOGS ARE NOT. YOUR CAT DESERVES TO EXPLORE AND CLIMB OTHER THAN A COUCH.
      CATS /TIGERS ETC ARE NOT HUMAN NOR THINK LIKE A DIFFERENT SPECIES.
THEY DO NOT SIT BY YOUR FENCE TO ANNOY THEY ARE CURIOUS ABOUT DOGS.
      SPRAY A REPELLENT TO KEEP THEM AT A DISTANCE. TRASH CANS SHOULD HAVE A LID THAT CLOSES. LESS FLIES - SMELL- PREVENT THEM . GET A CAMERA TO PROVE WHICH CATS POP YOUR DECORATIONS AND ASK FOR REFUND. IF NOT PLACE THEM IN A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR CAT TO REACH]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To JOHN JACOBS</p>
<p>   NO DISRESPECT TO YOUR OPINION OR BELIEFS. A DOMESTICATED CAT IS CAPABLE OF CO-EXISTING WITH HUMANS, DOGS ETC. (INSIDE OF A HOME) ETC.<br />
        BOBCATS, TIGERS ( ARE NOT DOMESTICATED) .NOR BELONG CONFINED IN A HOUSE OR CAGE IN A ZOO. ETC  ALL OF THEM ARE OF THE SAME SPECIES.<br />
     A CAT NATURALLY BELONGS OUTSIDE. TO EXPRESS INSTINCTS OF CURIOSITY, PROWLING, PLAY, EXERCISE CLIMBING, ABSORB THE PLANET. (HALF/HALF)<br />
     THEY ARE SKILLED IN TERRITORY AND STAYING IN THAT REALM WHILE FREE .DOGS ARE NOT. YOUR CAT DESERVES TO EXPLORE AND CLIMB OTHER THAN A COUCH.<br />
      CATS /TIGERS ETC ARE NOT HUMAN NOR THINK LIKE A DIFFERENT SPECIES.<br />
THEY DO NOT SIT BY YOUR FENCE TO ANNOY THEY ARE CURIOUS ABOUT DOGS.<br />
      SPRAY A REPELLENT TO KEEP THEM AT A DISTANCE. TRASH CANS SHOULD HAVE A LID THAT CLOSES. LESS FLIES &#8211; SMELL- PREVENT THEM . GET A CAMERA TO PROVE WHICH CATS POP YOUR DECORATIONS AND ASK FOR REFUND. IF NOT PLACE THEM IN A DIFFICULT POSITION FOR CAT TO REACH</p>
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		<title>By: John Jacobs</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Jacobs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have 2 dogs and a cat they live together like there all family the dogs treat the cat like he’s one of them but the cat doesn’t go outside dogs stay in are fenced in yard so they don’t Rome around but when it comes to cats if your going to have one and your going to let it out put on a leash because I think cats should have the same laws as dogs because my neighbors have cats and they just let them out all night so when I get up in the morning I have to deal with the mess they cause getting into my trash cans popping my blowup decorations by clawing them and when I let my dogs out they sit outside the fence just to get them going and the people who own these cars get away with that but if it was a dog doing that they would be calling the cops or dog catcher there should be a law that cats shouldn’t be able to run around free dogs can’t they shouldn’t be able to either because there just as bad as a dog if you have an animal you shouldn’t take responsibility for it and what it does and a damage it causes rather it’s a dog or cat because if my cats does something or my dogs yes I would be to blame why can’t other pet owners see that’s how it should be.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have 2 dogs and a cat they live together like there all family the dogs treat the cat like he’s one of them but the cat doesn’t go outside dogs stay in are fenced in yard so they don’t Rome around but when it comes to cats if your going to have one and your going to let it out put on a leash because I think cats should have the same laws as dogs because my neighbors have cats and they just let them out all night so when I get up in the morning I have to deal with the mess they cause getting into my trash cans popping my blowup decorations by clawing them and when I let my dogs out they sit outside the fence just to get them going and the people who own these cars get away with that but if it was a dog doing that they would be calling the cops or dog catcher there should be a law that cats shouldn’t be able to run around free dogs can’t they shouldn’t be able to either because there just as bad as a dog if you have an animal you shouldn’t take responsibility for it and what it does and a damage it causes rather it’s a dog or cat because if my cats does something or my dogs yes I would be to blame why can’t other pet owners see that’s how it should be.</p>
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		<title>By: Marcella O. Rush</title>
		<link>https://davidhgrimm.com/2013/10/08/are-cats-and-dogs-people-or-toasters-a-primer-on-pet-personhood/#comment-1901</link>
		<dc:creator>Marcella O. Rush</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 22:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bottom line; it is unethical for the “mandatory” use of Dr. Death by man’s excuse of the legal word (in animal laws) to “mandatorily” execute pets or animals in this manner of forced euthanasia, especially when the dogs, pets and animals are executed in an “improper” method and manner of a painful and stressful “death” execution, for many (unethical) reasons to justify their lack of use of the proper euthanasia techniques and procedures.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bottom line; it is unethical for the “mandatory” use of Dr. Death by man’s excuse of the legal word (in animal laws) to “mandatorily” execute pets or animals in this manner of forced euthanasia, especially when the dogs, pets and animals are executed in an “improper” method and manner of a painful and stressful “death” execution, for many (unethical) reasons to justify their lack of use of the proper euthanasia techniques and procedures.</p>
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		<title>By: Larry Navarro</title>
		<link>https://davidhgrimm.com/2013/10/08/are-cats-and-dogs-people-or-toasters-a-primer-on-pet-personhood/#comment-1888</link>
		<dc:creator>Larry Navarro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 20:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts.  I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work.  Look forward to reading more from you in the future.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts.  I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work.  Look forward to reading more from you in the future.</p>
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