Rating: 
Summary: A good book for those unfamiliar with felines as companions
Review: Three stars - simply because, short of the personal recounts, it was information that over the course of my life I have been exposed to through my interest and love of cats.
From a different perspective much of this information would certainly prove valuable and perhaps even crucial to caring for a cat.
In addition, its always a pleasure to read yet another book in the growing movement to dispel the myth that cats are obligate carnivores. Despite the naysayers, our five girls have been vegans for over a year and are in perfect health. Evolution offers a kibble that is vegan, nutritionally complete, and affordable. With the reality of vCJD, and the inability temperatures in the rendering process to effectively kill prions I'd have it no other way.
Rating: 
Summary: unrealistic approach to cat care
Review: While this book does offer some good advice, it also has some very unrealistic advice. It says to clean out the litter box every day-dumping the old litter, cleaning the pan, everything. I mean, who really would do that? Cat litter costs about two dollars for a bag big enough to fill one litterbox. That means you would spend over $$$$ a year on cat litter! Plus, she reccomends a vegetarian diet for cats. I know vegetarian diets are healthy for humans-I've been a vegetarian since I was 11-but I know cats should be fed meat. My cat ate meat cat food, but then, when I decided to have him be a vegetarian, too, he started vomiting and having diarrea and he was so skinny that he looked rather unhealthy. I started feeding him meat cat food again. The vomiting and diarrhea stopped, he became plump and healthy, and his coat started glowing. I think Ingrid Newkirk is so caught up in farm animal rights that she forgot the cats'. I think the things she said about meat cat food being unhealthy and unsuitable for cats is speculation-if there was any proof that meat cat food is unhealthy for them, than surely someone besides PETA and the vegetarian pet food companies would know? She says cats are healthier on a vegetarian diet-even though we know cats are carnivores. I do not reccomend the book. I reccomend the Humane Society of the United States Complete Guide to Cat Care. It is also available here on Amazon.com. While it takes animal welfare/rights seriously, it is realistic and remembers the most important fact needed to feeding cats properly:cats are CARNIVORES!
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