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Las Vegas starving cat
I'd love to help also but I'm in Edmonton Alberta Canada
I hope this little cat gets the help it deserves ~Laura wrote in message oups.com... I had a e-mail from a concerned student about a friendly 6 month old cat that is a stray in Las Vegas right next to the university. The cat is very thin. I can do nothing as I am part of a rescue group that is located in Illinois. Is there anything you can do to help this cat. The student does not want to take him into a pound where it is euthanized. Her name is Tracy at I have included her e-mails to me below. Mercena Johnson Catsnap Rescue 604 West Beardsley Champaign IL 61820 217-352-3312 -------Original Message------- From: Date: 12/09/06 10:02:01 PM To: mercena Subject: Stray Cat Thank you for getting back to me. I am in Las Vegas, right next to the university. I can't tell if it is female or male. I know in my mind that calling animal control would be better than doing nothing but I hate to lock an animal up just to let it sit in a cage at the shelter waiting to be put down. I would appreciate any ideas you can give me - especially if it means that it wont end up at a shelter. The shelter here has hundreds and hundreds of animals; I would hate to think I was responsible for putting one of them there! Thanks again. Tracy Quoting mercena : I wish I could take the cat but we are located in Champaign Illinois. Where are you in Nevada? I will look up some rescue places near to you as we have rescue places all through our country. Also leaving the cat out is the worst thing for it. It would be better at animal control if we find no other place for it. If it is a female it will have babies in the spring and then there will be more starving cats. If it is a boy cat the chances of it getting FIV is extremely high as it will fight if it is unaltered. It sounds like you have a good heart and would like to help and it sounds like this cat has no one concerned for it but you. Please help this cat and do not let it go hungry. Mercy 217-352-3312 -------Original Message------- From: Date: 12/09/06 12:41:43 AM To: Subject: Stray Cat I was doing a search for stray cats and how to deal with them when I came across your website. There is a stray outside of my apartment complex (near UNLV) that has obviously been stray for a long time. It is very friendly and loves to be petted but very skinney. When I pet it all I feel are bones. I have been giving it a bit of turkey sandwich meat so at least it is eating something. I can't take a cat in but I don't want to call animal control and have it be locked up or put down. I don't know what to do for this poor thing. Help! |
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Las Vegas starving cat
Don't want to take it to shelter because it may be put down or locked up ?!?!? It sounds like it is starving to death but yet don't take it to a shelter where it MIGHT have a chance to find a home. Even if it was put down would that really be worse then starving to death on the streets ?? Or possibly dying of some disease which it might have ?? Being put down isn't always the worse options you know even though some people would prefer to keep an animal alive no matter what it has to go through !! I was doing a search for stray cats and how to deal with them when I came across your website. There is a stray outside of my apartment complex (near UNLV) that has obviously been stray for a long time. It is very friendly and loves to be petted but very skinney. When I pet it all I feel are bones. I have been giving it a bit of turkey sandwich meat so at least it is eating something. I can't take a cat in but I don't want to call animal control and have it be locked up or put down. I don't know what to do for this poor thing. Help! |
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