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furball needs a home
I have to move and can not bring him with me.Furball willbe 8 years on Jan
17,2004.he is neutered and loves attention .I am afraid to bring him to a shelter, even though they claim they are a no kill .how will i know if he got a good home. please let me know if you can help,even advice is helpful |
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I have to ask why you can't bring him with you? It really upsets me that
people move and decide that their cat is nothing more than the equivelant of a beer can to be tossed out. I really believe people should not have any animal unless they are willing to care for them for the rest of their lives. -- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "Userjudy36" wrote in message ... I have to move and can not bring him with me.Furball willbe 8 years on Jan 17,2004.he is neutered and loves attention .I am afraid to bring him to a shelter, even though they claim they are a no kill .how will i know if he got a good home. please let me know if you can help,even advice is helpful |
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I have to agree with you. Would he give his real children away if where he was moving and they said he could not have any children?!?! I think we all know the answer to that. To me my babies ARE my children along with my 2 legged children. I no more would "DUMP" my furbabies then I would my real children. I have to ask why you can't bring him with you? It really upsets me that people move and decide that their cat is nothing more than the equivelant of a beer can to be tossed out. I really believe people should not have any animal unless they are willing to care for them for the rest of their lives. I have to move and can not bring him with me.Furball willbe 8 years on Jan 17,2004.he is neutered and loves attention .I am afraid to bring him to a shelter, even though they claim they are a no kill .how will i know if he got a good home. Please let me know if you can help,even advice is helpful |
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"whayface" wrote in message
... I have to agree with you. Would he give his real children away if where he was moving and they said he could not have any children?!?! I think we all know the answer to that. To me my babies ARE my children along with my 2 legged children. I no more would "DUMP" my furbabies then I would my real children. I have to ask why you can't bring him with you? It really upsets me that people move and decide that their cat is nothing more than the equivelant of a beer can to be tossed out. I really believe people should not have any animal unless they are willing to care for them for the rest of their lives. I read an interesting article about a month ago in a recent issue of the ASPCA magazine, for shelters dealing with surrenders. The question it asked that really stuck with me is simple, and you might want to consider it for yourselves. Would you rather an animal remain in a home where it is unwanted, possibly neglected because of that, or in a shelter where it has a chance to find a new, loving home? |
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Well, obviously the OP can't handle having a cat. They had a choice here and
they decided to move into a place that doesn't allow cats (one of the number one excuses people have for geting rid of an animal). This person also said they are afraid to bring this cat to a shelter for the fear they may not receive a good home. A no-kill shelter may be the route to go here however I still have to wonder why the human chose to move to a place that will not allow cats? If you can't handle the responsibility of having a cat then you should not get one in the first place. A cat is living, breathing creature not a beer can to be tossed out later. -- Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com "Kalyahna" wrote in message ... I read an interesting article about a month ago in a recent issue of the ASPCA magazine, for shelters dealing with surrenders. The question it asked that really stuck with me is simple, and you might want to consider it for yourselves. Would you rather an animal remain in a home where it is unwanted, possibly neglected because of that, or in a shelter where it has a chance to find a new, loving home? |
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On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:57:17 -0500, "Kalyahna"
wrote: I have to agree with you. Would he give his real children away if where he was moving and they said he could not have any children?!?! I think we all know the answer to that. To me my babies ARE my children along with my 2 legged children. I no more would "DUMP" my furbabies then I would my real children. I have to ask why you can't bring him with you? It really upsets me that people move and decide that their cat is nothing more than the equivelant of a beer can to be tossed out. I really believe people should not have any animal unless they are willing to care for them for the rest of their lives. I read an interesting article about a month ago in a recent issue of the ASPCA magazine, for shelters dealing with surrenders. The question it asked that really stuck with me is simple, and you might want to consider it for yourselves. Would you rather an animal remain in a home where it is unwanted, possibly neglected because of that, or in a shelter where it has a chance to find a new, loving home? Most shelter around here keep them for an average of a week WHEN THEY TAKE THEM. Usually they have so many cats / kittens that they will not even take more !! http://www.ameritech.net/users/lestark/my-babies.htm |
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"whayface" wrote in message ... On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 11:57:17 -0500, "Kalyahna" wrote: I have to agree with you. Would he give his real children away if where he was moving and they said he could not have any children?!?! I think we all know the answer to that. To me my babies ARE my children along with my 2 legged children. I no more would "DUMP" my furbabies then I would my real children. I have to ask why you can't bring him with you? It really upsets me that people move and decide that their cat is nothing more than the equivelant of a beer can to be tossed out. I really believe people should not have any animal unless they are willing to care for them for the rest of their lives. I read an interesting article about a month ago in a recent issue of the ASPCA magazine, for shelters dealing with surrenders. The question it asked that really stuck with me is simple, and you might want to consider it for yourselves. Would you rather an animal remain in a home where it is unwanted, possibly neglected because of that, or in a shelter where it has a chance to find a new, loving home? Most shelter around here keep them for an average of a week WHEN THEY TAKE THEM. Usually they have so many cats / kittens that they will not even take more !! http://www.ameritech.net/users/lestark/my-babies.htm Our shelter never rejects a cat -- but that often means that the cat will be euthanized in just a few days because there are far more cats (and dogs) than homes. Therefore, the question of placing a cat in a shelter where it has a chance for a loving home is often pure fantasy; it sounds good, but the chances are pretty remote. MaryL |
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Our shelter never rejects a cat -- but that often means that the cat will
be euthanized in just a few days because there are far more cats (and dogs) than homes. Therefore, the question of placing a cat in a shelter where it has a chance for a loving home is often pure fantasy; it sounds good, but the chances are pretty remote. Frankly, I'm glad to see that so many people are pushing for people to adopt shelter cats. However, it's aggravating to see just as many (and some of the same) people repeatedly saying that it's nigh-impossible for an animal to find a good home through those same shelters. They'll be euthanized, or some other animal will be euthanized to make room for them. Those situations do happen, but do any of you really think that the people doing the euthanasia enjoy it or that the shelter doesn't do everything it can to see that the ONLY animals euthanized are terribly sick or terribly aggressive? |
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Our shelter never rejects a cat -- but that often means that the cat will be euthanized in just a few days because there are far more cats (and dogs) than homes. Therefore, the question of placing a cat in a shelter where it has a chance for a loving home is often pure fantasy; it sounds good, but the chances are pretty remote. Frankly, I'm glad to see that so many people are pushing for people to adopt shelter cats. However, it's aggravating to see just as many (and some of the same) people repeatedly saying that it's nigh-impossible for an animal to find a good home through those same shelters. They'll be euthanized, or some other animal will be euthanized to make room for them. Those situations do happen, but do any of you really think that the people doing the euthanasia enjoy it or that the shelter doesn't do everything it can to see that the ONLY animals euthanized are terribly sick or terribly aggressive? I adopted Duffy through a shelter, and I do strongly recommend that other people adopt their pets through shelters. I did not say that the people doing the euthanasia "enjoy" it or that shelter workers do not do their best for the animals under their care. I am a strong advocate for shelters and at one time did volunteer inspection of our shelter for the local Humane Society. I was impressed by the degree of affection and even love that I saw there; I could see real pain when I was shown the room for euthanasia and discussed the process with the shelter director. So, nothing in my message should be construed as derogatory comments against shelter staff. In fact, my blind cat Duffy was kept in a shelter for several months -- the personnel there obviously were doing everything in their abilities to avoid euthanizing him, but that was probably going to come to an end with kitten season approaching. I was actually responding to this quotation: "Would you rather an animal remain in a home where it is unwanted, possibly neglected because of that, or in a shelter where it has a chance to find a new, loving home?" The point of my message (which I did not make clear) is that many people think they can dump a cat in a shelter and that it will find "a new, loving home" when the facts are that shelters receive so many more cats than they can possibly place in homes that they fact the tragic (and unavoidable) decision to euthanize the majority of these beautiful animals. MaryL |
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Those situations do happen,
but do any of you really think that the people doing the euthanasia enjoy it or that the shelter doesn't do everything it can to see that the ONLY animals euthanized are terribly sick or terribly aggressive? The shelter employees do not enjoy it. Euthanasia duty pays a lot more than regular duty and you're only allowed to do it so many months at a time because of the psychological stress. The shelter employees generally do everything they can to place an animal. I walk in there and they are talking up all the dogs, especially sweet dogs near the end of the alloted time. They offer to foster kittens at home. Most of the employees at Los Angeles city shelters are great and truly love animals. The problem is just really big and multi-faceted. Everyone is trying to work on it to make LA no-kill. We'll see how it goes. |
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