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Jeez. I don't know what's worse. Being a stray with all its dangers, or being scooped up and euthanized wholesale. The couple of times I've gone to the local pound, it's heartbreaking, especially during kitten season. The area where I live had been a place where lots of people just dumped their animals when they move; but with the economy things are going from bad to worse.

I hope Andrea the kitty finds a good home.

At least dumped cats can go feral. We have a lot of horses in Texas more or less on their own when owners go broke and there isn't much grass in the pastures for them. News this morning was about a pack of nine dogs terrorizing a subdivision. Two years ago what I thought was a mutt puppy followed me and my two big dogs home. This “mutt” was starving, dehydrated, ant bit and had mange. I advertised locally but no one came forward to claim him, no collar or tags either. I couldn't bring myself to take him to the SPCA so after nearly 1000 bucks in vet bills and my wife trying to get someone to take him he's still with us. Turns out he's a full blooded Blue Lacy, aka Texas hog dog, smart as a whip, can run all day, and now bosses my two big dogs twice his size around.