View from the North 40 - Porch pirates vs. the responsible citizen: A PR issue

Don’t get me wrong, I love dogs but I love cats, too, and I feel bad that as a species cats have a continual public relations problem.

I followed this UPI headline — “Missing cat returns home, rings doorbell in New York” — to a video of exactly what the headline promised. The story goes that a family moved to Mastic Beach, Long Island, and two weeks later their cat Lily didn’t come home one night, the family feared the worst. Four days later, the cat came home to the porch and pawed at the doorbell, setting off the ring camera alert. Cue excited and relieved family.

I was all,...