Why treat a cat different from a dog!!!

[rtodd31]

My mother in laws cat got knocked over tonight but whoever knocked it over didn't even bother to see where it stayed or who's family it belonged too they either picked it up and put it to the side of a bin or someone else did, a neighbour out walking knocked on my mother in laws door and told her she thought it was her cat lying at the side of a BIN! my sister in law ran to see an of course it was pepsi but she'd died. If you knock a dog over your supposed to report it but not if its a cat, cat or dog the family is very upset it amazes me how cruel people can be like they tell you a pet is not just for xmas and many pets are part of the family or so they should be anyway!

[maxmix]

Bad news

I know the law states you have to report a dog being knocked down but not a cat, maybe someone in the ol bill can explain why....

maxmix

[numberplease]

I think it stems from the days when you had to have a license for a dog, although that doesn`t apply nowadays. Like you say, a cat is loved just as much as a dog, and it`s still a member of the family.

[ionnsaigh]

Dogs have bigger brains. Although I find it morally indefensible, to distinguish this aspect - in terms of any animal suffering.