Argumentative Essay About Cats Rights

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Having recently completed 5 years of cat ownership, here's a summary of what I've been taught about cats' rights. Cats have the right to eat. And not just regularly. Cats like to eat pretty much whenever they get the chance. Although they're perfectly capable of going out to catch a mouse or a lizard if they want to feed themselves, they mostly exercise the right to be fed by you. They tend to prefer expensive food that you can't afford and they like to be fed at the same time every day OR whenever they walk into the kitchen OR at times that are awkward for their owner. If you have just come in through the door carrying three bags of heavy shopping, with one hand reaching to answer a call, your cat will almost certainly exercise his right to get under your feet, rub your …show more content…

Cats have the right to freedom of movement. Not just in the house. In the house, your cat has the right to go wherever he wants, whenever he wants to go there. He has the right to have all internal doors left open so he can move around freely. He has the right to pull open any cupboard door that's manageable and either go into the cupboard or pull things out of it and dismantle them. He has the right to stick his head in the fridge every time you open it. He also has the right to go outside whenever he wants. (This is denied by some owners but cats are designed to prowl and it's hard to prowl in a sitting room.) There are some owners who try to solve the inside-outside thing by opening and shutting the back door for the cat. This does not give your cat freedom of movement. He's a cat - he has the right to a catflap so he can come and go as he pleases. If you don't give him a catflap he'll yowl to come in at 3am and hurl himself at the door to go out at 3.01. Outside, he has the right to get stuck in trees or on the roof and mew plaintively till you fetch a ladder and get him down. He has the right to inspect the inside of any visitor's car and fall asleep on the back seat if he

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