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Old July 31st 08, 10:36 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
MaryL
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Default Come ON, people!


"cshenk" wrote in message
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"Cheryl" wrote

FYI, most of the regs here have rescue cats and other pets. This doesn't
make you unique.


Never said I was. I suspect many here are like me. Havent heard much on
adopting the 'unadoptable' though here. Could just be an unmentioned
thing?



It depends on what is deemed "unadoptable." My darling Duffy should not be
in that category because he is beautiful, alert, loving,
playful...everything good. However, he spent several months in a shelter
and was rejected by any number of people simply because he is blind. I am
extremely grateful to that shelter because he would have been considered
unadoptable by many shelters. I even had a man tell me once that he should
be "put down" simply because he is blind. In my opinion, people like that
are *really* blind.

There are many others on this group who have had similar experiences with
the cats that eventually became their owners -- cats that some people
considered "unadoptable" because some people could not look beyond what they
viewed as "imperfections."

MaryL