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To: bassmaner

Build them a shelter near you, maybe..and let them roam...hate to say it, but probably not going to find homes at their age


8 posted on 11/25/2022 11:33:13 AM PST by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: goodnesswins

That’s just dumping the problem on neighbors.

Many years ago, a wonderful, sweet cat started appearing at windows in my parents’ neighborhood. Some people would feed him. Everyone thought he was just a neighborhood cat who liked to mooch, but had a home. Then he appeared with infected wounds, and we found out his owners had just moved off and left him. He had become rather wild by then, and by the time he could be caught and taken to a vet, he was too far gone to save. The kind neighbor who tried to help him got stuck with a hefty vet bill.

Cats left to fend for themselves pick up nasty diseases, get in fights, starve. It’s cruel. Don’t do it.

I have spent time and money finding homes for pets that were dumped. I guess the person doing the dumping thought, “hey, nice neighborhood, maybe someone will take him in or find him a good home”. Well, we did both (took some in, found homes for others). But really, the person could have done what we did and found the poor animal a home instead of dumping that task on us.


20 posted on 11/25/2022 12:00:40 PM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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