Killing Cats In Beijing: The Lies, The Fear, The Olympics

Published: March 14, 2008, 4:58 pm

Tags: killing cats, disease, boycott, china, cats, dasher video, olympics, cat cull, beijing, sars, olympic games

This morning I watched a video montage documenting the life of Dasher, a fluffy white kitten whose adventures into cat-hood were captured on camera by her devoted owner. Dasher died before she turned one year old, the victim of stray dogs who surrounded her in Dasher's first journey over the backyard wall. "We have taken such baby steps to allow our young cats time to see and learn their environment, monitoring them way more then the average person might do," writes Dasher's family. "I am so devastated. I feel so empty now, there is no way to take the day back and start all over.""I've Just Seen A Face" Dasher What a remarkable contrast there is between this heart-warming story of a family and their cat, and the heart-breaking tragedy among thousands playing out in China as we speak.Chinese government officials are telling the public that cats carry diseases harmful to humans, even going so far as to suggest they may have contributed to the SARS outbreak in 2003. Scared for their

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