I hate cats just as much as the next guy. That’s just several levels of stupid.
I live in Baltimore. I brake for dogs. Sometimes the brakes don’t work with cats. Cross my streets at your own risk, Stanley.
Putting a 17 year old cat through that borders on animal cruelty. One selfish, self centered woman.
Better solution. Palliative care for the elderly cat, and adopt the putative donor anyway.
I read this as she bought a 2-year old cat for $19,000. She will grow to love the new younger cat soon enough - perhaps not like Stanley, but in a new way.
“— which would have replaced her 2009 Toyota —”
I’m guessing...wait for it...a Prius.
(Anybody, reading the article, initially think this crazy cat lady was donating one of HER kidneys?)
“Hey, 3 year old twins, I know you’d like new clothes and stuff, but there’s a chance our 17 year old cat could live another year!”
And the article makes her sound like a martyr for not replacing her 9 year old car - news flash, it’s younger than your cat!
Bernie voter.
Next thing ya know, some one will start a Gofundme account and she’ll reap $50 grand......cuz no one is that dumb.
It’s her cat and her money. The anti caters have never had one as a house pet. You will do their bidding quickly. It is like this weekend. My wife comes all panicked but laughing about one of ours. She was getting ready for bed and looked over and one of ours was perched up about 18 feet in our bedroom on a plant shelf. She asked me to go get a ladder and I said no. It figured out how to get up there it will figure out how to get down. 15 min later it jumped on my lap purring.
Their personalities are all so different. We had one who was a klutz and would trip all the time over mundane stuff and now we have one that thinks it is a flying Wallenda.
It’s Betsy Boyd’s money - she can spend it any way she wants to...
Clearly in the more money than brains category. But my heart goes out to her. People generally don’t let their “animals” go easy if they don’t have to.
I wonder how long the cat was on the donor list?
We love our cats, and spend a little more money on their care than we probably should (no kids), but this is ridiculous. We knew when the Rainbow Bridge has been the only option.
I grew up on a farm in the 60’s. Pets were pets. Livestock got vets.
altruism + sacrifice = irrationality
Wow, it’s her money, not taxpayers. While I wouldn’t do it, she can spend her money any way she wants and it’s really no one else’s business.
Many cats at 17+ years (or less) develop kidney problems...I consider this RESEARCH $$ to the Vet...would we do it? NO..(Had a chance to twice with a couple of our furry friends)...but it is HER choice...as long as the government doesn’t fund her lifestyle in the Future, it’s HER money. I wouldn’t loan her $$ either....
Cats are the Hitler of the animal kingdom. The only thing that stops them from world domination is the lack of opposable thumbs.