XPost: rec.lost.in-a-digression 
 From: mmontcha@OregonVOS.net 
  
 On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Agua Girl wrote: 
 |> |Cats are not natural bodyguards. 
 |> 
 |> Big cats can be. 
 | 
 |Matthew....the topic was breeding REGULAR domestic cats for 
 |"improvement" in the species. 
  
 Define REGULAR, and then do me a favor and define 'improvement.' 
  
 |No one is breeding Persians to be body guards. 
  
 It would be really cool if they did. 
  
 |And by the way...big cats are a really poor choice for 
 |body guard.  If you want to breed them into domestic 
 |animals than you need to have a couple of 100 years 
 |of domestication.  Big cats...no matter how well 
 |"behaved" are never ever trained. 
  
 It's not like you would want to cuddle them if they are 
 bodyguards. 
  
 |They are still wild animals.  Turning on the owner is not 
 |a good trait in a body guard.   Regardless...you have gone 
 |so far off topic that I am not sure you even remember what 
 |newsgroup you are in. 
  
 Well, if I get lost, I tend to look at the subject line. 
  
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