ABT, even if they're honing their skills, what is it that makes cats play with their food? I mean, I've read some terrible stories of cats torturing animals. One I'm thinking of, and I can't remember if I read it here or elsewhere, was a cat that carried a mouse in and dunked it in its water, and when the mouse popped up out of the water, the cat would take its paw and push it back in, then release it to let it get itself back up, and then push it in again. What is that about?

Kimmy, I'm sorry to hear you have so many neighbors who don't like cats. Aren't cats currently the #1 pet in the United States? They were for a while, anyway.