[Ansteorra] Cats could make you crazy

[Ld.blackmoon]

greetings

lol, aint that the truth , heck breathing air in California , " can"  cause 
cancer ; )
Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
Arthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Michael" <tinabetta at gmail.com>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Cats could make you crazy


> Anything can make you sick or kill you.
> But if you are going to keep pets, any kind of pets, you must keep your 
> and
> their environment clean. If you cannot do this you might want to rethink
> being a pet owner.
> Tina
> loves pets
> has pets
> takes care of them and her people
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:37 AM, katherine watson
> <katherin.watson at att.net>wrote:
>
>> Good Sir,
>>
>> I beg to differ with your findings (the article). After a half century of
>> living, I have had cats living  with me all my life, especially as a 
>> child.
>> I
>> have never had a problem with cats living with me. In fact, all of my
>> family
>> owns cats and have done so for many years.
>>
>> This attitude reflects on individuals who dislike cats or hate them. That
>> is the
>> same attitude that much of Europe and the British Isles had during the
>> duration
>> of the annual cycles of the Black Plague. The people superstiously,
>> believed
>> that cats were evil, because they were supposedly associated with 
>> witches.
>> Many
>> of them thought that the cats brought the plague, so they killed the 
>> cats.
>> Tragically, that was a mistake, because the cats were keeping the rodent
>> population down (who were in reality bringing the contaminated fleas into
>> Europe
>> and the British Isles). Where the cats were destroyed, the rodents
>> flourished
>> and so did the plague. Where the cats flourished, the rodent population 
>> was
>> curtailed and so was the incidence of plague.
>>
>> I like cats, because they are great companions, clean and can walk
>> themselves to
>> their litter boxes. I am a cat person and proud to be one. Blessings to
>> Duchess
>> Willow and her love for cats.
>>
>> I apologize to the Kingdom of Ansteorra for my long winded speech. I will
>> now
>> step off my soap box and let someone else have the floor. This was my own
>> opinion and is not the official opinion of my Barony, Baronage or the
>> populace
>> of the Barony.
>> May all in the Kingdom have a Great Weekend and hope to see many
>> gentles of the
>> Kingdom at the Ansteorran Heraldic and Scribal Symposium tomorrow.
>>
>>
>> Yours In Service,
>>
>> Lady Caitilin inghean Ronain ui Cheallaigh
>> Sentinel Pursuivant, Barony of Stargate
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Angus MacKnochard <glnn_jhn at yahoo.com>
>> To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
>> Sent: Fri, July 29, 2011 10:40:03 AM
>> Subject: [Ansteorra] Cats could make you crazy
>>
>> All of this talk of Animal Hording reminded me of this article.
>>
>>
>> Recent epidemiologic studies indicate that infectious agents may 
>> contribute
>> to
>> some cases of schizophrenia. In animals, infections with Toxoplasma 
>> gondii
>> can
>> alter behavior and neurotransmitter function. In humans, acute infection
>> with
>> the cat virus "T. gondii" can produce psychotic symptoms similar to those
>> displayed by persons with schizophrenia. Two other studies found that
>> exposure
>> to cats in childhood was a risk factor for the development of
>> schizophrenia.
>>
>> Since 1953, a total of 19 studies of T. gondii antibodies in persons with
>> schizophrenia and other severe psychiatric disorders and in controls have
>> been
>> reported; 18 reported a higher percentage of antibodies in the affected
>> persons;
>> in 11 studies the difference was statistically significant.
>>
>>
>> http://schizophrenia.com/prevention/cats.html
>>
>>
>> Angus MacKnochard Bagadur
>> ANDA GDH
>> KSCA
>> CSS LXVIII,
>>
>>
>> snerta er vald
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