Pet Rescue. Adopt a Cat in New York

Human Health and Animal Ethics ^ | Enza Ferreri

[Joe 6-pack]

I hear they've been on Broadway for a long time...

[Joe 6-pack]

Meeeeeeow....

[Carriage Hill]

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[DH]

Cats huh?

They crap in your flowerbeds, walk all over your car, spray your car tires with piss, meow all night outside of your bedroom window, kill your songbirds, carry horrible diseases, only want around you when they want something and many times scratch and bite you for no apparent reason even while you are petting them, come on your fenced property any time they wish and best of all, have absolutely filthy and stinky litter boxes in the house.

When you adopt a cat you bring it home so that the neighbors can enjoy the pest that it is too.

If you want a loyal loving pet...get a dog.

[PA Engineer]

BTTT.

[Gefn]

Every kitty I’ve been blessed with (2) has been like Jack, considered unadoptable.

My heart breaks for Jack and all the other Kittehs who need homes. I wish I was allowed a second kitty. .

[Slings and Arrows]

WARNING: There are some very depressing pictures here.

Thanks for the ping, Joe 6-pack.

[IDontLikeToPayTaxes]

They crap in your flowerbeds, walk all over your car, spray your car tires with piss, meow all night outside of your bedroom window, kill your songbirds, carry horrible diseases, only want around you when they want something and many times scratch and bite you for no apparent reason even while you are petting them, come on your fenced property any time they wish and best of all, have absolutely filthy and stinky litter boxes in the house. When you adopt a cat you bring it home so that the neighbors can enjoy the pest that it is too. If you want a loyal loving pet...get a dog.

Spoken like a true douchebag.

[HiTech RedNeck]

what an insult to douche bags, which never did anything to hate a cat.

[EinNYC]

I'm with you. As for the stinky litter boxes, that's not the cat's fault. That's the fault of a lazy owner who doesn't clean the litter box. Do you think that the cat who has to use that filthy box likes it? They have a delicate sense of smell and will often refuse to use a dirty box. Who wants to step on poop?

As for the other "horrible" behaviors other posters here attributed to cats, every one of them originated in a lousy irresponsible owner. Cats kept inside do not relieve themselves in neighbors' yards, chase birds, etc. Cats who are spayed/neutered do not contribute to the heartbreaking pet overpopulation problem. As for "Jack", that beautiful ginger tabby, you can bet the bank he ended up in a garbage can, his bright inquisitive eyes glazed over in death. The NYC Animal "Care" and Control is nothing but a pet slaughterhouse. Many animals brought in there don't even make it to the adoption floor. The various locations are filthy and animals brought in there almost invariably catch respiratory diseases, giving the staff a great excuse to put them on the next day's kill list. That includes tiny baby kittens still nursing, along with their mom.

[HiTech RedNeck]

But because the biological status of these persons, who feel and think like you and me, or at least like you and me when we were little children

That's a BIT of a leap though. People owe it to God to be as kind as practical to animals, and if they must kill animals to do it as humanely as possible, but animals are simply not fur persons. They have their own characteristics. Cats do some things better than humans do, and that's fine because God gave those capabilities to cats.

[Gefn]

I adopted from shelters in NJ but I heard wonderful things about Northshore.

Both my kitties were abused and given away when they got pregnant, Both have quirks that made them unadoptable. I don’t know if they were born that way or developed them at the shelter.

The cat I have now will only eat if a human watches her. She is afraid another kitty will steal her food. I’ve had her for over 10 years and I cannot breaks her of this habit.

[Route797]

I've never heard of cats running in packs, terrorizing adults, children, and other animals, including other dogs. Neither have I heard any stories of pit bullcats killing people. Cats may use flowerbeds for bathrooms, but I've never been much of a flower person. Would it be better to do it out in the open like a dog? I believe in keeping cats inside, but still, I don't see how a cat running loose would be any more of a pest than a typical howling dog.

I grew up liking cats AND dogs, but over time I'm getting to be more of a cat only person. I don't understand why so many dog lovers feel the need to run down cats. Whats wrong with liking, or at least tolerating both?

[Veto!]

Cats. Amusing, affectionate, intelligent, trainable, cuddly, sensitive to your feelings, beautiful, elegant, independent, clean, dear little pets.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

who feel and think like you and me, or at least like you and me when we were little children,

Well... no, sorry.

I have had animals since I was born. They do not think like you and me, not even when we were little children.

I am not in favor of discarding pets as if they were tissue but they also are not people.

[Secret Agent Man]

having empathy for animals and owners goes beyond just the pet you like.

i have exotics but i can empathize with dog and cat owners because the feelings you feel for a pet you take care of, keep healthy and happy, are the same no matter what the species.

[Nowhere Man]

Very depressing. I think I need a shot of Jim Beam right about now. B-( I know of one lady that goes around the Eastern Seaboard from here in Pittsburgh to Georgia saving many cats and kittens under similar threats. Myself, I only have two cats now, one time I had as many as nine. We took in a kitten who was saved from a similar fate from a shelter in Preston County, West Virgina, Rascal, he just turned six. The other one is around 13, we took her and her three kittens in back in 2001. Unfortunately, all the kittens have passed away, one kitten (Greystone) in 2006, he was only 5 from kidney failure and his sister (Whitey) had the same last year at the age of 11 and the other brother (G.W. aka "Dubya") passed from cancer in 2011 at the age of 10. So we only have Mom left from the family. BTW, I always got a kick out of Whitey, everytime the Obummer came on the TV, she swatted him, Whitey even hissed at him from time to time.

BTW, I'm more of a cat person but my heart goes out to dogs and puppies too as well as others. I look at it this way, all these pets are loving animals that have a place or should have a place.

[Salamander]

Let's see what people do with ~this~.....:)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Eek!

Sorry, I am sure he (she?) is a perfectly nice snake but I lived in the tropics to long to be fond of them.

I like animals in different ways, some I like to have live with me, some I like to admire from a respectful distance, some I like on a plate and some I like very far away from me.