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Subject: History Facts
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 18:41:39 EDT
"The Inquisition spread the frightening belief in werewolves. And in 1484
Pope Innocent VIII officially ordered pet cats to be burned together with
witches, a practice which continued throughout the centuries of witch hunting.
The belief that animals were agents of the devil contributed to the
breakdown in the natural control of rodents. Zealous Christians most frequently
targeted cats, wolves, snakes, foxes, chickens and white cocks as animals to be
eliminated."
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