You guys are great! Thanks for supporting me!

Someone else responded to this "person"....

You have no idea how the hamster died. You state you woke up and he was on the floor dead. Therefore, you have no way of knowing if your male cat killed him, if your female cat killed him, or if he died from other causes. And cats don't "know" not to kill anymore than they could ever possibley "know" not to breathe. You have possible had cats in the past with a weak hunting instinct and just assumed in your self-delusional, self-congratulatoy head that it was your success at "teaching" a cat something it can't be taught.

I think, besides a profound misunderstanding of cats, you have a subconcious dislike of your female cat.

I tend to agree the the first reply, perhaps you need to rethink cat ownership.

I'm sorry if I sound so harsh and flaming, but your assertion that you can teach your cats not to kill is so patently ridiculous that I cannot hold back.

Wow! Even better put!! I am just so glad I'm not the only one that feels this way...

Purrley, I'm sorry about your canary. You were too young, it wasn't your fault.

Gini, you are so right! It should be mandatory! It goes along with the punishment for animal cruelity being as strong as human cruelity...

The first thing I thought of when I read her post was "what do you think that cats are doing with their toys? Playing tag?"