| Today, cats are the favored house pets all over | | | | the disease feline aids, is cause by a different |
| the world, and have out numbered dogs for a | | | | virus from the ones that attacks humans. True,it |
| decade or more. Many of us pet owners and our | | | | belongs, to the same group of virus,but within |
| veterinarians have seen unprecedented numbers | | | | that group it is only distantly related so, even if |
| of well cared for felines living alongside people | | | | bitten or scratched by a cat that had somehow |
| who are willing to make it necessary to give their | | | | smeared its teeth or claws with infected blood |
| pets long, healthy and happy lives. | | | | from its sores, the human victim would still not be |
| Recent scare concerning feline AIDS led to the | | | | able to pick up the disease. There were no |
| needless slaughter of a large number of healthy | | | | evidence at the time and still there are no other |
| house hold pets. when newspapers in California | | | | source that feline aids can infect the humans |
| reported that a number of domestic cats had | | | | body. Similarly humans aids cannot be transmitted |
| been identified as carrying aids virus,many owners | | | | to cats. |
| panicked and had their pet cats put to sleep, in | | | | Sometimes it seem that these newspapers, and |
| case a simple scratch from a feline claw would | | | | news enthusiast, take pleasure in a lot of shady |
| gave them the dreaded disease. Within hours of | | | | uncharacteristic information, and without any |
| the reports appearing in the press, vets and cat | | | | caution their plans are premeditated to cruelty. |
| sanctuaries were flooded with requests to have | | | | This may seems paranoid but unfortunately there |
| cats destroyed or to find them new homes. | | | | are unsavory people who take advantage of |
| Fear of infection were quite unfounded, because | | | | others through pets. |