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"bigbadbarry" wrote in message
... The public acquires only 14% of its pets from shelters 48% get their pets as strays, from friends, from animal rescuers, 38% get their pets from breeders or pet stores Source: The Humane Society of the United States snip I know many of you volunteer, and just wanted to get some feedback about it. I'm sure you understand my reasons for asking about viruses. I'm not trying to injure the meager 14% of people who get thier pets from a shelter.(see not above) Feedback about what? About the stats? Obviously, I feel the shelter number should be much higher. If you are asking about whether or not shelter cats often go home with illnesses, the answer is, I don't know any hard stats about that. All I can go by is antecdotal. Most of the time, when I adopt out a cat, it's fine. Coming down with a URI is common, but I wouldn't say the majority of cats get one. At the shelter I am with, all cats and dogs are examined by the vet thoroughly before being put up for adoption. The vet also does a walk-through of the shelter once a week, and volunteers note any signs of illness and the vet follows up on those. I think our shelter does way more vetting than most. Many shelters just note that a cat has yeast in its ears, for example, and make the new owner aware. We treat for it, and if someone wants to adopt the cat, he is sent home with the medication. As for your observation that posts on this group seem to indicate that shelter cats go home sick, well, this is a group for cat health and behavior. People don't usually come on here to annouce that they just got a cat and there are no health problems. -- -Kelly |
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"bigbadbarry" wrote in message ... The public acquires only 14% of its pets from shelters 48% get their pets as strays, from friends, from animal rescuers, Brilliant. We *are* animal rescuers; we get 98% of our animals from kill-shelters as do many, many animal rescue organizations. Most people consider animal rescue organizations shelters, too. I'm not trying to injure the meager 14% of people who get thier pets from a shelter Its not the people you're hurting, Einstein, its the *cats* who won't get adopted because of stupid comments like yours. Btw, that 'meager 14%' translates into *millions* of cats. You might want to spend more time researching and less time babbling dangerous nonsense. |
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"bigbadbarry" wrote in message ... "Phil P." wrote in message k.net... "bigbadbarry" wrote in message oups.com... Phil P. wrote: Why not take you babbling to alt.cats- you'll fit right in. Well why not educate a soul Can't teach a person common sense. Common sense is like rhythm- either you have it or you don't-- and you don't. rather than spueing the first thing in your mind...this is a good example of typing before you think. I did think- the more I thought about it the more I realized how stupid and dangerous your asinine comment was. Who do you think I am, just a ameba with a computer. No, an ameba has more sense than you. If that's your final answer then; what good are you to this group. None- when I'm wasting my time on a mindless moron like you. How is my questioning making your job harder? Because you're spreading fear about shelter cats, you ****ing moron. but wait don't answer; I really don't care to converse with someone as ignorant as you are. Oh, yes... you're a real wiz! LOL! You haven't posted a single piece of useful information since you've been here. All you do is blabber. One can be book smart but still be full of ignorance. My book smarts are backed up with experience and common sense. You have neither. Good heavens man, get a hold of yourself Act like you got some sense about you. Your embarassing yourself. Yeah... I'm blushing all over. LOL! The only thing I should be embarrased over is trying get through to an idiot with no common sense. How educated is it of you to call a complete stranger, a ****ing moron. sha! Yeah, maybe I shouldn't have said "****ing", eh? You're not a stranger, I've been reading your blabbering for weeks so I know you're a moron. I stagger to say this (in light of your hospitalities), but I do appreciate the work you do at any shelter. Then don't make the job for those of us who work with shelters harder by perpetuating fear of adopting shelter cats. |
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Cheryl wrote: snip Why don't you go on and do some more research, and tell us where animal rescue organizations acquire their cats. -- Cheryl I did..it's up there where you snipped it out. here I'll put it back. 42.5 percent of pets that entered animal shelters were submitted by animal control authorities and nearly 30 percent were surrendered by their owners. The remainder were relinquished by other sources. The Humane Society of the United States |
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"bigbadbarry" wrote in message oups.com... Cheryl wrote: snip Why don't you go on and do some more research, and tell us where animal rescue organizations acquire their cats. -- Cheryl I did..it's up there where you snipped it out. here I'll put it back. 42.5 percent of pets that entered animal shelters were submitted by animal control authorities and nearly 30 percent were surrendered by their owners. The remainder were relinquished by other sources. The Humane Society of the United States Oh, cool. Now you have had a taste of Cheryl Logic. lol |
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On Mon 06 Jun 2005 08:52:09p, bigbadbarry wrote in
rec.pets.cats.health+behav roups.com): Cheryl wrote: snip Why don't you go on and do some more research, and tell us where animal rescue organizations acquire their cats. -- Cheryl I did..it's up there where you snipped it out. here I'll put it back. 42.5 percent of pets that entered animal shelters were submitted by animal control authorities and nearly 30 percent were surrendered by their owners. The remainder were relinquished by other sources. The Humane Society of the United States Barry, that doesn't answer the question and you know it. You're trying to say that only 14% of people get their cats from "shelters" and you apparently don't even know what the meaning of "shelter" is. You'll see when you read Phil's post. -- Cheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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Phil P. wrote: You might want to spend more time researching and less time babbling dangerous nonsense. I said I was fixin to work at a shelter numb nuts don't give me that moral superiority crap I said I did not want to injure the 14% You big dumb ass Keep on slinging mud! keep on. Your gonna find out I'm a rock, your gonna fall on me, and your gonna get your feelings broke. |
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Cheryl wrote:
snip Why don't you go on and do some more research, and tell us where animal rescue organizations acquire their cats. -- Cheryl "bigbadbarry" wrote I did..it's up there where you snipped it out. here I'll put it back. 42.5 percent of pets that entered animal shelters were submitted by animal control authorities and nearly 30 percent were surrendered by their owners. The remainder were relinquished by other sources. The Humane Society of the United States I thought she meant the animal rescue orgs that were included in this line: "48% get their pets as strays, from friends, from animal rescuers," As Phil said, many animal rescue orgs get their animals from municipal shelters. I don't really understand why animal rescue is not included in the shelters. I'm not sure if where I volunteer would be considered a shelter or animal rescue. It's both. -- -Kelly |
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Mary wrote: Oh, cool. Now you have had a taste of Cheryl Logic. lol Rub it in Mary My head is so thick when am I going to learn. You said one day, there are enemy's worthy of our weapons. I like that. |
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KellyH wrote: Feedback about what? About the stats? Obviously, I feel the shelter number should be much higher. If you are asking about whether or not shelter cats often go home with illnesses, the answer is, I don't know any hard stats about that. All I can go by is antecdotal. Most of the time, when I adopt out a cat, it's fine. Coming down with a URI is common, but I wouldn't say the majority of cats get one. At the shelter I am with, all cats and dogs are examined by the vet thoroughly before being put up for adoption. The vet also does a walk-through of the shelter once a week, and volunteers note any signs of illness and the vet follows up on those. I think our shelter does way more vetting than most. Many shelters just note that a cat has yeast in its ears, for example, and make the new owner aware. We treat for it, and if someone wants to adopt the cat, he is sent home with the medication. As for your observation that posts on this group seem to indicate that shelter cats go home sick, well, this is a group for cat health and behavior. People don't usually come on here to annouce that they just got a cat and there are no health problems. -- -Kelly I hear ya about the sickness, this is what I was interested in hearing first hand. It was hitting on 5 oclock by the time I was able to head towards my local shelter, but I'll pay them a visit. To tell you the truth, any common sicknesses that a shelter may contribute to a cat, that does not bother me; it sounds highly treatable and well..common. Meaning it's probably very easy to remedy - Just that I had never thought about it. Even a hospitol keeps you as little as possible, they'll tell you up front, a well man could get ill around a hospitol. I'm an extremeist, I don't see many things as being impossible, and I am usually an ice breaker when it comes to ideas and or especially the hands on. I don't even know that they want my help, I've been to a shelter one time looking for a friends dog. |
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