I live with my carer and between us we have 8 cats, all microchipped and free-range! We have lost a couple due to a speeding driver but as they generally go out of the back of the house, where it's all allotments and fields, they are as safe as possible. Most of them were indoor cats previously and they obviously much prefer it outside - one is currently tearing about in the wind outside, chasing leaves, which she brings in with much howling as prey. We could not be without them. We c,t go very far as I am in a wheelchair and we have no car and the buses all stop at 5pm, so really, they are our only company. All are spoiled rotten with strokes, games and sleeping on our beds, none are pedigree.
We know of one really, really stupid woman who was approached about three years ago as she was sitting on a bench in our local town. A shady, scruffy bloke (whom we had seen about many times, looking for just such an opportunity,y approached her and told her a sob story about this (definitely NOT) pedigree shitzu puppy he was desperately trying to rehome after the owners had died. Idiot woman fell for this and, despite us warning her, telling her and finally screaming at her, paid £600 for this mutt. Vet checks showed said dog to be at least 3, had had at least one litter and was not spayed as he had said...she now takes it for walks in a dog pram and the bloke is still selling 'puppies with deceased owners; I saw him on Thursday.
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