Show CRT CAT DEFENDER WRITES ANSWER Agent of o National Body Comments on Ogden Article In a letter written to The Og- Og Ogden OB-d den n Standard Examiner Richard C RichardG RichardC Craven organizer for or the American Humano Humane association at p Albany Albany N Y answer charges char es made by Prof J Paul or of o the UnIversity or of o Utah In which he catIs declared the common bouse house cat la Is a menace to Mr Ir Cravens Craven's letter leHer follows I have read Professor Paula Pauls tirade against the cat cat published In a recent Issue I agree acree with his attitude against the kUling or of birds and the tho carrying of oC guns but I do riot not confine my objection to the Iho gun pun to Us Its use against a birds alone Jt It this country forbade the tho manufacture sale lIale and possession of oC firearms and even even enn ot or stir Ur guns except for lor the purpose ot of law en- en en enforcement the national crime bill would be enormously reduced I I would n like to see lIeo the killing of killing of birds forbidden throughout country for a period ot not less fen than 10 years This would would give give our birds a chance ch nee to propagate and tho rho ho whole country would benefit because the birds are the best beat Ply protectors of oC our S pp- ply A As Aa to the tho cat cat cat- the greatest trouble comes conies from rom stray home home- less homeless animals The Tho homeless cat Is Isa Isa a misery to Itself There Thero should uld bo be everywhere a a 0 humane organ organ- organization which will collect stray and unwanted cats and put them out of o existence In a humane humano manner Some Somo ot of our humane so- so societies so societies are arc doing doing- more along this organizations line than all the tho other put together Some Somo of or these thel societies destroy thousands n ot of nn- nn an nfl wanted cats On anyone I do not see eee why any any one ono who ho cares to have a cat all as asa asa a house pet should be prevented from doing so The cat has hu Its place In the world Not long Ions ago there thero was wall an ana agitation In New Jersey against t the cat and an attempt was WIlS made mado to o secure cat anti-cat legislation The Tho movement was wag defeated by men who depend on agriculture for tor a living They declared the cat wu was the tho keenIng most effective means ot keen keen- ing down vermin and that It if 1 they thoy could not keep cats uta there would be so 10 many rats and mice that they would be unable to produce opinion crops It Is also tho the ion of ot some veterinarians that In keeping down rata rats on the farm the cat Is a definite aid In the of ot hog hoe cholera It le III lenot not known for tor certain how ho hog cholera Is la spread but some veterinarian vel vet vet- have formed that ion Ioa opinion that It Is carried by rats rab Farms Farma which formerly had chol cholera era ra epidemics are ro now Using num num- hers ben numbers of ot cats and ridding their places of ot rats rab While While I am for tor bird conserve conserve- tion all the time there are two sides Idu to every Question Nature Is fairly well able to pr preserve Its Ita lt own balance without too much interference by humankind 00 |