I searched as well. I did find a reason they might have needed cats. Seems
like the cats had been eliminated in the 1400s as it was thought cats were
evil. I can see the need, but can't find any verification of the story. My
previous suggestion to check archives of the New York Times or other papers
having archives dating back to 1948. Hopefully, one day, those will be
available on line as well.
I'm on a foreign language list. I'll send the question to them.
At 06:40 PM 2/9/01 -0600, you wrote:
>On 7 Feb 2001, 7:19, Wanda Round wrote:
>
> > I am attempting to confirm or find untruthful a story that American
> > stray cats were rounded up and shipped to Europe in 1948 (specifically
> > France) to catch rodents and thereby protect the food supply.
> > Supposedly it was the "Cats for Europe Campaign".
> >
> > So far...I've been resoundingly unsuccessful. Got any suggestions?
>
>I did not want to leave you high and dry here, Wanda. I searched a
>couple of days for this and found nothing corroborating the story.
>That may not be definitive, but nothing comes up on the web about this.
>
>
>Alan
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