NEED FOR CAUTION.
A writer in the Gisborne Times reports a strange mortality amongst cats, whose dead bodies are to be seeij lying about in all directions. The symptoms of the disease to which these cats succumbed are said to be identical with a disease to which cats were subject many years ago in England. They died within a few days ot sickening, and the only tiling to> do was to destroy the> animals as soon as the symptoms appeared. It was al- | ways looked upon as a sort of distemper or influenza, and a forerunner of the occupants of the house being afflicted Avith severe "influenza .colds," which was almost invariably realised. Under the circumstances itwould not be surprising to hear of an influenza epidemic breaking out in the affected district. Prominence is given to the matter as cats, being household pets, are frequently handled, hence the. need for caution.
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Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10286, 6 January 1917, Page 4
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151NEED FOR CAUTION. Thames Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 10286, 6 January 1917, Page 4
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