tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392211719163936358.post-90267068958799293292007-12-13T12:40:00.001Z2007-12-23T13:12:44.172Z2007-12-23T13:12:44.172ZA letter appearing in the local village magazine hit out at motorists who sped through the village High Street and were 'no doubt' responsible for the death of their beloved pet. <br /><br />As far as I could ascertain no-one knew how fast the vehicle was going when it hit the poor animal, so it could have been murderous Mrs Jeeves going to do her weekly shop at Spar in her Morris Minor, travelling at her usual 29.5 MPH. You could argue that if the vehicle was going faster, the cat may have run out after it had gone and not been hit at all.<br /><br />Anyway, apart from the letters to the local press, the grieving owner erected signs by the scene of crime, one with the message 'Did you kill my cat?'. Reading the sign caused me to swerve and flatten Cuddles from number 29, <em>iron</em>y in every sense.<br /><br />'Domestic' cats are responsible for over 25 million bird deaths every year, and are the major contributor to the decline in species such as the Tree Sparrow. And they are not a naturally 'domestic' animal, so if killing birds is 'survival of the fittest', so is the result of the cat versus car fight. <br /><br />Maybe we'll see a sparrow perched on top of a cat bowl with a placard reading 'Did you kill my family?'.Charles Lettermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12154962418772628193noreply@blogger.com0