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When dogs - and smoking - are allowed in flats, but cats are banned

The arguments for allowing felines in flats are worth airing again. Let’s also compare the ban with other activities allowed there.

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Cats are generally acknowledged as being ideal pets for apartment living.

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I was expecting howls of injustice to erupt online from cat lovers. My ears had pricked up when Housing Board flat owners were recently allowed to continue adopting larger mixed-breed and K9 dogs.
The yowls came thick and fast - "Can lah, dinosaur also can, how big also can, but cats not allowed", "Dogs can, cats cannot?" and so on.
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