Covid Cat Cull

It would have been over my dead body too LHD.

I remember that. My DD was outraged and so was her cat.

Denmark culled 17 million minks. An act which was later deemed illegal

The whole world was in a state of panic

I don't think the discussion of a cat cull was made public at the time.

It wouldn't have happened

Life was miserable enough at that time, it could have done even more harm.

It must have been leaked at the time but it was a non starter as they would have had to hurt people to get at their cats. Another mad idea.

Crazy idea.. If true?
Apart from getting owners to serender their animals.. (Over my dead body too) , think of the economic side, the Pet cat industry would collapse, that's not to be sniffed at.
More importantly didn't they try that centuries ago? Consequently we then had the Plague?

What a lot of tosh!

I think it's easy to forget just what a strange time it was to live through and no doubt all kinds of measures were considered which in hindsight would have been of no use whatsoever. It was an unprecedented situation: I remember being deeply shocked when lockdown measures were announced.
That said, NO ONE would have got near my beloved cats.
Over my dead body indeed.

I think Larry put that to rest when he decided culling politicians would be a better option.

AGAA4

I think Larry put that to rest when he decided culling politicians would be a better option.

Haha! Good one

I am now visualising a Man from the Ministry trying to wrench Mrs Slocombe’s Pussy from her arms. 😳😳😳

AGAA4

I think Larry put that to rest when he decided culling politicians would be a better option.

Larry had the right idea...

Just think the risk the idiot party goers at No.10 put poor Larry in. All those illegal soirees.

Me too. How dare they? My cats are my life. Best medicine for depression. I think the army of cat lovers would have won the war 😆

At the time, there was doubt as to whether cats could catch covid and infect humans, and the doubt was not only raised in Britain.

If it had been proved to be the case, presumably cat owners would have been given the option of keeping their cats indoors as is done during th attacks of avian flu with all domestic poultry.

But it would entirely have depended on how serious the threat of infection had proved to be.

During outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, all animals including cats and dogs are destroyed on the infected farms, and any animal that contracts rabies must, by law, be put down immediately.

We can all be glad that the threat either proved to be non-existent or far less serious than thought to start of with and that we were not faced with an enforced decision to have our pets put down.

Has anyone seen Larry recently??

Don’t worry VN, he’s fine.
Here is a nice (and recent) about the First Cat
www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157507569/larry-cat-no-10-downing-street-british

I think Larry ought to be in charge of the Covid public enquiry! That might give some politicians pause(!).

GagaJo

Just think the risk the idiot party goers at No.10 put poor Larry in. All those illegal soirees.

I'd heard that they were Larry's idea in the first place.......

I often worry about Larry as he knows everything that goes on in Downing Street and he has yet to secure a deal for his memoirs.

That is the most fabulous idea LadyH
Craig Brown should be Larry’s ghost writer