Does anyone think the decline in cat purchases and the ensuing production of less new cats might at least in part, be due to the state of the general economy? ie. Less jobs = less money = less toys. And even if you kept your job, rising mortgage rates + rising fuel prices + rising food prices = less disposable income available for toys as well.

It might just be due to economic factors. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />