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# Dealing with those pesky mice
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dealing-with-those-pesky-mice-editor/
- Published: 2007-04-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:34:56.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Sheila Finley Santa Monica*

I just read your Friday, April 13 issue and I am compelled to write about the cat and mice issues. The cat article (”Don’t cross black cats... not today,” April 13, page1) was not so much an issue as the mice (”Mice and menu,” April 13, page 1), but I think they could help each other out. The cats need homes and the mice need to pass on and biodegrade in the cats’ stomachs.

Perhaps some type of habitat could be developed for the cats, such as businesses that don’t have food can adopt a cat as a mascot. During business hours the cat could be allowed to roam the outdoor area (particularly the alley), and in the cats daily rounds they would take care of the mice. The business that takes a cat has to promise to give the cat a good home, and perhaps the business could be next to a restaurant.

Instead of the city absorbing the costs of putting poison out to catch the mice; the city could donate the money to the welfare of the cats. This is the extent of my idea so far. I am sure I can think of more ways so everyone can be happy except the mice. And if you believe in reincarnation, the mice might come back as cats who have a great home life.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 16, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)