European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes sunday september 7, 19bo caressing the Tiger people Sai / a toward a private kind of thing a free spirit you can t own. By Timothy Harper associated press he Iowa legislature was Tab Jim a Bil imposing penalties of lip to a year in jail Anil a. ,000 Fine for motorists to Don Stop after run Ning Over a dog or cat. Sen. James Galba her a jct soup Lowart firmer Rose in opposition. I a in set stopping a car for a dog he said. Bui a cat you us u inti a Ca i and go Gallagher later said he Only meant some Drivers might not be aware of hitting a cat on a dark Highway but he explanation mattered lilith to hundreds of feline lovers who sent him angry idlers after the Bill was Defeated. Gallagher the owner of four dogs and two cats said he Learned something from inc juror adding "1 Don t think dog owners arc quite As the slate senator s raising was out of the on cat people Breed it Large since inc fells Tiu crept from the a furl to become the exulted Rowner of better egyptian boots an granaries 5,000 a tors ago. The dog has been Man s Best Friend for 50,000 years. But Many cat lovers take perverse Delight in ruling that their Pels have never really been Lameo like dogs. And while America s 23 million cats and their owners cats live in one of every five households Are out numbered nearly 2-1 by dogs and dog owner Many Tabby lovers Are Well catty toward those who prefer clogs or god forbid no pet at All. Or. Peter Borchelt of new York City s animal behaviour therapy clinic said the few studies done on the subject recently Are generally study he said showed dog owners get More emotional satisfaction from their pets and have better relationships with other people. Cat owners Are generally a Little More aloof or Aso he Sard while dog owners arc More interested in controlling the things around Carol Aubourn a print who kill Tabben for aberrant in Umlor Imd laying Vou can t own a it dog like to like Ordyn but Tut or to Okiw Bim uht. Dog people hate lot Ani itt control and like two Urei pretty in cat people we More free she said that despite this quiet Moi Iona Security among Cut people they arc indeed less sociable than dog lovers. It s More like a Cal is i private kind of thing. So cat people arc generally More introspective and less Gregari Ous she said. Another animal psychologist. Daniel Tortora of White Plains . Slid that despite their Devotion to their pets tie Urban lifestyle of Many cat people makes them uncomfortably close in temperament to people who Dis Dain All pets. Cat people Don t have the time needed far a dog he said. Non pet people have very Little tolerance arid you have la be easy going to have a Pel of any kind. So Cut owners arc More toward non pet people than dog owners. Ca i people o re one step above Gold fish , cat people Are said Calla Fricke who makes her living cat sitting for vacationing new York ers. And their houses Are Caner however even it Holers generally admit that felines Are better suited to City Parl Mcwils because they arc usually smaller cheaper quieter cleaner and less troublesome than dogs. But dogs Art Muerb More responsive thin eats said a Tua Kohl who grooms bold. You to t Pel them the you ctn a Middle of the night and jump on your bed. They give Methe them s fighting word to Oclin Ophilus who have spent their lives arguing old wives talks like Hie one about cats sucking away babies breath. But cat people have a few us fuzzy claims of their own. People get dogs for Protection said Vera median u7s.year-old widow who lives with two cats in a manhat Tan apartment. But i get just As much Protection from my siamese without All that Barking ind while Doga Are traditionally seen As a More masculine pet there Are apparently few Bonn fide cat ladies the stereo typical spinster whose Home is overrun with Kitty fur and litter Bui i be heard there s some lady in new Jersey who supposed to have 1 ,700 cats Tortora marvelled. Many owners do have More than one Cal though whisk dog owner buy shepherds collies and beagles i As Pels for their children Cal people Lake in Cali Coes Tor Toic shells and tabbies just for themselves. They ostensibly gel a second cat to provide companionship for the first by when pressed admit they Nav succumbed to the cat mystique. It s that mystique that led the ancient egyptian to Mumm Ify favored cats whose mousing Days were Over and eventually deify the beast As Bast goddess of Moon Light. Fertility Windum and Hunting. Cut in teach you a Hibo Ftp a four said tit sum us _ la i something that s hard to put into words i took into one of my cat s Tya and it s like seeing inc past til of history. It i u if she t a throwback to 100 million Yean ago. The Cen Lur French Scaliti have Aid Obi Ara dog overs More sociable him sr0? dude he logic Man the pm our of care ism the Dato a note a writer Timothy Harper Tiv be part fun Dop to to and of with to Dyber
