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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=blue face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:blue'>Emily, you’re right—it does
seem like a violent reaction to pollen. Perhaps it was caused by
pesticides?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Emily Chalmers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 13, 2005 9:06 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">The
Charles Village Chat List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Chat] lilies deadly
to cats</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>I've known about the dangers of certain
types of lilies to cats for some time but have never heard of anything like
this. My back yard is full of all kinds of lilies, and my cats wander around in
them all the time. Nothing like this has ever happened to one of my cats.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="MS Sans Serif"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"MS Sans Serif"'>What concerns me is something that is not
mentioned in the article--the issue of pesticides and other sprays that are
used with ornamental flowers. I have read about the problems with workers
in other countries because of the gross overuse of pesticides. Despite the fact
that certain varieties of lilies are known to have some toxicity, in this
instance I am inclined to be suspicious not of the plant but of what might have
been sprayed on it to enhance its appeal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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href="mailto:langwidge@erols.com" title="langwidge@erols.com">crg</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To: </span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:Discussion@charlesvillage.info"
title="Discussion@charlesvillage.info">Charles Village Discussion List</a>;<a
href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info" title="Chat@charlesvillage.info">The
Charles Village Chat List</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cc: </span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:rauchfuz@uiuc.edu" title="rauchfuz@uiuc.edu">tbr</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> 5/12/2005 6:32:24
PM <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> [Chat] lilies
deadly to cats<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=articleheadline1><b><font size=2 color="#003333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>I just came
across this story on a Scottish news website. Christine Gray </span></font></b></span><span
class=articleheadline1><b><font color="#003333" face=Verdana><span
style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=articleheadline1><b><font
size=4 color="#003333" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Cat owners
warned of lily's fatal touch</span></font></b></span> <font size=1
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<span class=article1><i><font color="#333333" face=Verdana><span
style='font-style:italic'>JAMES REYNOLDS</span></font></i> </span><br>
<span class=article1><font color="#333333" face=Verdana>ENVIRONMENT
CORRESPONDENT </font></span></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>A
NATIONWIDE warning has been issued to pet owners about the dangers of lilies
after a bunch of flowers caused the horrific death of a family cat. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>The
13-year-old Siamese called Catalina died after brushing against the
pollen-laden stamens of oriental stargazer lilies and then cleaning itself. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Within
minutes of licking the pollen from its fur, the cat began to vomit, and died
just a few hours later, after going blind, suffering renal failure and becoming
virtually paralysed. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>According
to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), the
incidence of such cases is on the increase, and it is now lobbying florists
selling lily varieties to put warning labels on the packaging to alert cat
owners. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>A
spokesman for the organisation said: "All lilies are poisonous to cats,
with just one leaf eaten possibly leading to death. We will now be urging both
manufacturers and producers to issue warnings on their goods so that consumers
have an informed choice." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>The
RSPCA is also hoping to work with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
poisons department to produce a factsheet on the issue. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>The
cats owner, Josh Hartnett, from Folkstone, said Catalina had
"suffered terribly", and said its death was "vile". "I
cant believe something so simple as a flower can kill pets in such a
terrible, terrible way, and there is absolutely no way of knowing about
it," he said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>"We
have seen the flowers in many places, all with no warnings at all. In <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>
I have discovered that there is immense coverage on this subject, warning of
the dangers, but here there is nothing." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>The
RSPCAs <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>
counterpart, the ASPCA, identifies the Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum), the
tiger lily (Lilium tigrinum), the rubrum lily (Lilium speciosum), the Japanese
show lily (Lilium lancifolium), and some species of the day lily (Hemerocallis)
as those most likely to cause kidney failure in felines. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>But
although the plant is potentially deadly to cats, it is not thought to affect
other pet species. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Alex
Campbell, a toxicologist and managing director of the National Veterinary
Poisons Information Service, said: "No-one really knows what the toxic
mechanism of lilies is, but it is something in the plant that causes the
tubular cells in the kidneys to die. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>"It
appears that it is just cats that are susceptible. They have a slightly odd
metabolism compared to other animals - lacking certain enzymes - and this seems
to make them especially vulnerable." <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:9.0pt'><font size=1 color="#333333"
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>He
added: "It may be useful to introduce a label warning of the effect these
flowers can have on cats, but it is important not to become alarmist and to use
common sense."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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