We seem to drifting away from the subject of HISTARCH, so to get it back on
topic: Has anyone ever found a modern historic period
(i.e. !400-present) cat burial? Also when did the first Pet Cemeteries
appear in the US and elsewhere?

By the way, I have only one cat in my house (named "Osage" as she was
adopted off Osage Avenue). I did have ca. 8 to 9
street cats living on my front porch and four of the females were pregnant.
Fortunately about four weeks ago my new neighbor
got help from the secret "Galactic Cat Population Down Sizing Society" (or
whatever their name is). They came, trapped all
the cats, took them away, got the females abortions, and fixed all of them.
The original idea was that they would all come back
to my porch and I would continue to feed them (a fortune !). However, the
members of the GCPDS - all women by the way -
liked them so much as they were friendly, healthy and well fed, that they
adopted them all except for the "Ancient Grand
Mother" cat. So, now there is ONE cat in my house and one on the front
porch. The Grandmother is a beautiful calico and there
were three or four generations of her offspring on the porch. She was a
kitten machine.

I like both cats and dogs. Also Rick, if "Big Foot" does exist I would also
be in favor of protecting that life form!

                                                 Bob Schuyler

P.S. Hitler did love dogs. His dog, "Blondie" I think, died with him in the
Bunker. I can not recall if she took poison or
if she shot herself.

At 10:30 PM 6/4/2005, you wrote:
>So, cats are back on the list of "Others" that some people feel a
>license to abuse?  You'd expect better from a university professor.
>Makes sense about Hitler--when an individual comes to embody so much
>hatred, and to embody it so thoroughly, he might as well include any and
>all others in his depravity.
>
>D. Babson.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
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>Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 5:55 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: cats
>
>Son of A gun, John was my History TA / Instructor for History my
>Freshman year .
>
>Jim Parker
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Rotenstein <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:55:37 -0400
>Subject: cats
>
>
>A colleague of Ronn Michael also hates cats. Personally, I like 'em
>(have
>two, plus 3 basset hounds).
>
>Copyright 1989 U.P.I.
>September  3, 1989, Sunday, BC cycle
>SECTION: Regional News
>LENGTH: 101 words
>HEADLINE:  Professor  held in  cat  deaths
>
>DATELINE: CALIFORNIA,  Pa.
>
>A history  professor  at  California University of Pennsylvania  was
>free on
>his own recognizance after being held for trial in the deaths of eight
>cats.
>
>John Folmar, 57, of California, Washington County, is charged with
>mixing
>antifreeze with tuna fish and leaving a dish of the mixture in his
>garage
>for neighborhood  cats.
>
>District Justice Daryl Zeamon of California Saturday  ordered Folmar to
>stand trial on five counts of cruelty to animals following a preliminary
>hearing Tuesday.
>
>The charges against Folmar were filed by the Washington County Humane
>Society and by some of his neighbors.

Robert L. Schuyler
University of Pennsylvania Museum
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA l9l04-6324

Tel: (215) 898-6965
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