Quote Originally Posted by MasonC2K View Post
Apparently none of you have ever owned a cat before. Very few people keep their cat's indoors all the time. And I tell you, it's hard to do. Trying to keep 2siamese inside is a hard task. There are also no laws for keepign cat's inside or leashed. Try leashing a cat. Can't be done.

If I undertand the article correctly, the snake was just allowed to roam the backyard? If that was the case, then it's the nsake owners fault for not properly housing the snake.
I've owned 5 cats in the last 10 years. My boyfriend has owned 7 cats in the last 7 years. All were indoor cats, never seen the outdoors. It's far better that way. My uncles cat has gone through at least 4 separate vet visits from raccoon/cat/dog bites or nasty parasites from being outside.

Very few is very wrong. Most of the people I know keep their cats indoors for obvious safety reasons. When in rural areas, not as much, but that makes much more sense.

The owners, not the animals, are the ones to blame. They shouldn't be trying to ban all 'pythons' just because they ate their cat. That's their own fault. It could have been eaten by a dog, coyote or many other wild animals. It shouldn't be in the other neighbors yard, and the burm should not have been put outside.
A mammal is a mammal to a snake. It's going to attempt eat a mammal that it can get its mouth around if possible, whether it's a cat, dog, mouse, rabbit, or even a child.