Animals

Animals

My family’s house in Texas has a lot of cats.  One cat’s name is Needy.  He is a very big male cat.  Needy wants people to pet him all the time, but when you pet him he drools everywhere, and he also claws people when he is happy.  My house has a tiny door for cats, so the cats can come inside anytime they want.  Other animals could probably use the door, but they never do.  Needy likes to stand right in front of the door so that other cats can’t enter or leave.  My neighbor doesn’t like needy very much, and neither do I.  My neighbor said Needy goes into her house (she also has a cat door), and he bothers her cats.  He is a bully to people and to cats.  Cats, and sometimes hungry birds, eat a lot of food.  Sometimes I wonder how many people we could feed with the money we spend feeding cats.  If I was a hungry person, maybe I would not be happy with people having pets.  To a hungry person the cats look like luxuries.  Or maybe not.