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 :::::::That's almost exactly how I feel about this. A bite is an injury. If you die from it, it's the cause of death, at least directly enough. Bleeding would be more direct, but we don't say that for shootings, stabbings, bombings or any other attack. When we say ""lioness bite"", an attack is inherently implied, because it's almost impossible to slip and fall into a lion's unwitting mouth. When we say ""attack"", that could mean claws. There is absolutely nothing in the sources suggesting scratching here was fatal or even serious. 
 :::::::If you die of cat scratch fever, you die of cat scratch fever. If it gives you rabies, you die of rabies. If it slits your throat, you die of a cat scratch. These are things people expect to read on the Deaths in 2015 page, not by clicking through. Wouldn't it feel stupid to list everyone as ""suicide"", ""homicide"", ""natural"" or ""accident"", just because it's technically true enough? If it's stupid for everyone, it's stupid for anyone.   16:49, June 7, 2015 (UTC)"