Enter the Cat as Sidney Carton

Today, I attended a hearing by the State Water Quality Control Board concerning potential changes to how the State monitors and regulates run-off. Specifically, run-off that makes it into the ocean. The bottom line is: they don't want any run-off, including storm events (ie., rain).

One of the interesting things is that cat feces apparently contains a bacteria that can kill otters. The environmental community is very put out by this, as they love otters. The route that they and the State are pursuing to save the cute little otters is to stop run-off from urban areas by the ocean, reasoning correctly that such run-off is chock-full of the fecal material of Mr. and Mrs. Jones' pet tabby Matilda.

Another option that no one has discussed is just to kill all the cats. Let them be the sacrifice as Sidney Carton was in Tale of Two Cities. The only difference, of course, is that Carton had a choice in the matter and had a great ending monologue.