I watched this cat come to the wicket gate of our garden and a little later, I found it sleeping! Was it sunbathing!
This is one of the three cats that regularly visit us. If Dulcie or Daffny do not notice and spare their barking till they leave the garden, all of them at different times settle down for their nap or sunbathing in the garden. Sometimes they try to squeeze into the house if the window shutters are open. They are friendly enough that we do not chase them out!
Cats usually have their babies in our barn, which is open without an enclosure. That is the time when they are protective and refuse to be chased out. Our domestic helpers feed them at least one meal.
Cats chase away rats. We have noticed it sometimes.
These cats visit most of our neighbourhood homes and beg for food.
No wonder animal activists persuade us to be generous towards animals. Their subsistence gets affected by human 'invasion' of the environment, where they neither find shelter or food sometimes.
In some homes in Britain, we noticed a cat flap for their doors, allowing cats to come in and go out! They get domesticated over a period of time. There is free veterinary care available for such cats. Katharine and Peter whom we visited a few months back regretted that their regular visitor no more comes at night!
Yes, it is necessary to create animal friendly environment.
M.C.Mathew(text nad photo)
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