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When I worked at the shelter we went out did a house check before & after the adoption. We had to talk to the person's vet or the one they planned to use. They had to give references & if they didn't own the house the landlord had to give a letter stating he was willing to allow dogs.

It used to be so easy to adopt and now it is much harder. I am not afraid of dogs but some of the dogs I dealt with were not adoptable. They were just too far abused IMHO. I had more bites from cats then dogs when I worked there. IMO cat bites hurt more. I love cats but I liked working with dogs much more.

I got bit by a feral cat that took up residence in my garage one winter...so much junk in the garage I couldn't catch it...but I let my dog out through the garage..The cat sure did look sickly.

First thing I did was put out some milk for it, to see if it would drink (rabid animals won't drink) after several days of putting out food, I could get close enough to grab it....It sunk its teeth into my index finger and wouldn't let go until I dumped it into a waiting box...

I took it to a county shelter 10 miles away and told them what happened. My finger was still bleeding and had swollen to twice its size.

A couple of hours later I got a call from the health department and told to see my doctor within 72 hours...they would keep the cat for 10 days to check for rabies.

the next day I got an appointment with the doctor and half of my hand was swollen...(one good thing is that temporarily the wrinkles disappeared)

According to the doctor cat bites are the nasty because their needle sharp teeth can go to the bone and end up with bone infections...

The health department followed up on the bite to make sure I had been to the doctor etc. They euthanized the cat after 10 days and sent the head to Lansing, Michigan..

I was notified by the Public Health Dept there was no rabies...In the county I live in we have rabies outbreaks periodically..