Of course anytime you have something remotely cool as this happening in public you will have people that want it stopped.

The opposing forces claim they have allergies or are deathly afraid of cats. The libraries that have these feline residents will go out of their way to please the minority of customers who complain about the cats. The libraries have offered to place the cats into a locked room prior to the arrival of the allergy or fraidy cat patrons.

The libraries have offered to hand deliver the requested book(s)to the patrons. Yet there are still a few people that want these cats removed permanently.

Several families with children that are allergic to cats claim that going to a library with a cat gives their children a chance to play with (see) cats since they cannot have them at home. They simply leave after 20-30 minutes before the allergies flair up.

Personally I think it is great. you probably don't know this about me but I kind of like cats. :P I am allergic to cats myslef but own two of them because they are so freaking cool. Anyway the few people they interviewed in the documentary seemed like old cranks that just like to bitch for bitching sake. I say the majority rules! This one old bag was saying that even if they locked the cat in another room when she was at the library she could not relax knowing the cat might get out of the room. Kind of nutty if you ask me.

Anyway what do you think? Should they come in and remove cats that have been living in these libraries for years or should they let them live there?

Everyone wants complete control over everything...

Pretty soon it will be a $50 fine to fart.

$100 for SBD farts...

Libraries are primarily funded by private donation not by the general public. Screw some old crank that has nothing better to do than bitch about the library cat tradition.

I say majority rules when it comes to this. You can't please all of the people all of the time, but you can at least try, and because most people probably either want the cats or don't mind either way, keep em.

Redlemons, im the only person practically in the whole of adelaide who has cats!!!!

Taffy and CJ are there names HAHAHAAH prolly think im stoopid now!!! heheheh

About that library thing Caco, You are totally right! at the local lib here we had a little girl get toxiplasmosis from the library cat, BUT the cat was taken to a vet, treated, and then put back in the library.

The mother of the little girl (who is as right as rain now) was (prolly is still) pushing for the cat to b taken out and put down!!! thats going to far.

I think that it's kind of cool when my cat jumps into my lap when I'm reading . . . especially when she attacks the pages as I flip them.

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The practice is over 6000 years old, and dates back to ancient Egypt. Cats have always been considered to be "wise and intelligent", and the superstition holds that a cat brings good luck to a library because it's the only home befitting his intelligence.
The actual belief may have died out over the millenia, but the tradition has remained. Asking libraties to end a 6000 year old tradition because a few people are allergic to them is stupid.

Oh, and I had actually forgotten why the tradition has lived on...mice. Ever see what a mouse can do to a book? Mice love books because they are easy to shred to make nests. The cats kill the mice, and in the process protect the books. This is especially important today with all the liability issues surrounding the use of mechanical traps and poisons in public buildings.

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I agree with him btw and hope he does not mind that I posted his comments here.

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These are the kind of people that also go out and send mail bombs to doctors who preform abortions.

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Don't get me wrong I'm a firm believer in Freedom of Speech, but just don't try and force your views on me.

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Red, you make a valid point about the line between expression and forcing being a very fine one.

40, I was just using the mail bombing refrence as an example. In actual fact I don't really agree with abortions, but I won't deny someone the ability to CHOSE to have one, and I will support that right of choice do the bitter end. But here is neither the time nor the place for an abortion debate, that's an argument that will never be resolved. As for the people that are severly allergic to cats, my sister has bad asthma that cat dander exaserbates, she loves the little thing. She just avoids it if her asthma flares up. I do know what you mean though, you're talking about the kind of allergy that requires some kind of hospital treatment, or perhaps a shot of adrenalin. As for that, I don't know what the solution is, and I couldn't come up with one if I tried. . .

Damn it! I hate it when I can see both sides of an argument Maybe booz is the answer. . .

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Maybe booz is the answer

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~HICCUP!~

Par'n Me

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But you can bet that the libraries that have a cat or two don't have problems with mice.

I admidt that in most cases the libraries don't need any cats, but if so do, let the cats stay.

I like cats.

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suck it up, allergy-freaks. bring a fncking clothespin to clamp your shnoz shut if its that bad.