I agree that pets are for us to enjoy and are placed in our care and that they are our responsibility. I do, however, disagree with your statement... It is usually pretty easy for a person to tell a pet from a wild cat..."if it trusts people, it's a pet. If it begins to run when it sees you, it is wild." As I mentioned before, I'm a dog lover. Dogs do not scare me, no matter how mean they may act. I say that because I once took care of the cat of an elderly woman while she was away for a few days. I would stop in her home to feed the cat. Prior to her leaving I had sat there with her and the cat was on my lap just loving my company. I expected it to be that way when the woman was gone. I walked into that home the first time to feed the cat and immediately feared for my life. OK, at least my eyesight. I actually expected the cat to attack me from an unknown location at any time. I had never in my life seen such a transformation and would not have believed it if I hadn't seen it. It was like being in a Stephen King movie. My main point is, here was someone's pet. It was a wonderful pet to that woman and nice to be around as long as she was there. It could have been a child's pet, your pet or my pet. Do you think that cat would have come to you or me if it was outside (which it never was)? Just because it runs away doesn't make it wild. Ideally, I wouldn't want my dog going to a stranger. While I don't advocate letting the population of anything get out of control I can't see the indiscriminate destruction of anything, especially based on whether it runs away or not. Unfortunately, that tactic wouldn't even work in Iraq.

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