Firstly, Flicker is B E A U tiful.
What a lovely cat.
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Originally Posted by SamIam
My mother was in London during WWII, and she said she learned to never order rabbit from the menu. Chances were excellent that it was actually somebody's tabby.  |
Hmmm. Someone may have been pulling her leg.
Rabbits were bred and kept throughout London for food, and a hell of a lot easier to find and kill than cats. Any bombed-out house in the East End should have had a supply of rabbits that the crafty could half-inch. If you were of a criminal bent I can't imagine why you would go searching for cats when easier pickings were available.
Especially as they weren't officially there. Householders had no-one to complain to when their contraband meat supply disappeared, as opposed to household pets, that they could raise a stink about.
Of course it may have been the case in the area your Mum lived in. Just saying that it certainly wasn't a widespread problem and smacks of an urban legend.