Dumped Cats, Again

Sherry,

Isn't there a no kill shelter in your area?

No, just us and the municipal pound. We don't even have facilities to
euthanize, but we would take the ill or injured or feral cats to the municipal
pound for euthanization. We never had healthy adoptables killed before this
year. There are too many. There is a finite amount of space and foster space,
and we've reached it. I can call in a marker and get these kittens space,
that's no problem and insist they don't euthanize them. That's no problem
either. But the problem is *I know* that in order for *them* to be able to
stay, two more are probably going to die.
It's just so depressing. First I'm going to make a last-ditch effort and try to
persuade my MIL. She only has two cats. Then I'm going to make a poster with
picture and hang up in the post office. We don't have house-to-house mail
delivery so everybody in town goes to the post office every day.
Really really loud purrs needed.

Sherry


I guess we're lucky - Animal
Friends has ALWAYS been no-kill. The city then decided to try to go no-kill
by year 2005 w/remaining two shelters (Humane Society and Animal Rescue
League) - unfortunately I don't think it's going to happen. So far I think
only HS has gone no-kill.

I could not give up an animal to a kill shelter - not anymore. I found a
stray dog once, went around knocking on doors, nobody knew where it came
from - I called AF but there's a 6 month waiting list, I couldn't keep her
that long. My dog's weren't thrilled w/her and she was an escape artist - I
saw her climb my fenced in yard. So I took her to ARL - I cried my eyes
out, they thought I was giving up my own dog. But I knew what would happen
if nobody wanted her. They would keep her as long as they didn't need the
room. They said I could call down there, but the only thing they would ever
tell me is if she was still there or not. I only called twice, she was
still there - I cried every time I got off the phone. I didn't have the
heart to call back again it was too upsetting.

I'm too much of a softy. I wish I could offer you a solution. Can you
place ads in local paper, with small adoption fee? (I don't like "free to
good homes" - sometimes end up w/irresponsible owners, I figure if they are
willing to pay fee they're more responsible (you can always donate "fee" to
local shelter if you want).

Best of luck, I hope you can find them homes.

JoJo
"Sherry " wrote in message
...
I am so angry and frustrated. I went outside this a.m. and heard a funny
sound,
looked around, and there are TWO kittens in the flowerbed. They are both
gray.
One is longhaired. They look to be in good shape, except for fleas, ticks
and
stickers, and are *very* well socialized.
Remember the closest house to me is 1/2 mile and I already know they
didn't
come from there. Somebody deliberately brought them up the drive and
dumped
them, probably last night.
I can't keep them. I can't really even take them to the shelter and expect
them
to be adopted any time soon. They have 90 cats already and are about to
cull
and take some to the city pound for euthanasia.
They're so cute. It's so sad.

Sherry

Purrs for you to find a solution to the problem. Does your newspaper
have a "Letters to the Editor" column -- or does a locan radio station
ever give free time to public matters? Perhaps an appeal for help
through these might be answered. Best of luck. MLB

Our paper did a story on the incredible number of litters coming in this
summer, with photos and all, right on the front page. We adopted nine kittens
the day the paper came out. Unfortunately a litter of 6 and a single calico
kitten came in the same day. One step forward and two steps back. I am real
sorry to sound so jaded and depressing, but it's about to get to me.

Sherry

Purrs for you to find a solution to the problem. Does your newspaper
have a "Letters to the Editor" column -- or does a locan radio station
ever give free time to public matters? Perhaps an appeal for help
through these might be answered. Best of luck. MLB

Our paper did a story on the incredible number of litters coming in this
summer, with photos and all, right on the front page. We adopted nine kittens
the day the paper came out. Unfortunately a litter of 6 and a single calico
kitten came in the same day. One step forward and two steps back. I am real
sorry to sound so jaded and depressing, but it's about to get to me.

Sherry

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:23:37 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote:

Sherry,

Isn't there a no kill shelter in your area?

Since I'm in the same part of Oklahoma, I'm butting in with a rant of
my own.

Around here, we're way behind the larger cities in shelters and vet
care. For shelters there is a local Sheltering Tree no kill shelter,
but last I heard they weren't accepting any more cats because they
didn't have enough folks to foster. That was last year, so maybe
things have changed. According to a recent local TV news story, the
Lawton city shelter PTS around 4,000 animals a year. It's a fairly
common occurance for people to dump animals in the county - we're semi
rural around here and a 30 minute drive from just about anywhere in
town brings you to a country dirt road. IIRC, Sherry's closest
neighbor is half a mile away, so is in prime dumping grounds for
unwanted pets.

As for 24/7 vet care, there just any such thing. Another recent TV
news story had to do with a puppy who had been bitten or stung by
something during the weekend (according to the story they suspected a
spider bite). The owner called every vet in the phone book and finally
one called back after a couple hours. By the time the vet called back
the puppy was over the worst of the allergic reaction, so the owner
opted not to pay the extra couple hundred dollars to be seen on the
weekend.

4 or 5 years ago one of my neighbors went through the same type of
thing when her cat was mauled by a couple d*gs. Again, the vet she
finally reached required a couple hundred dollars, up front, before
even seeing the cat. The neighbor ended up putting the up front money
on her mother's credit card to have the cat seen on a Saturday night.
In her case, the up front money was eventually discounted when the
total bill ran over a thousand dollars.

I really like living here, but when I hear of the options available in
some areas I wish we had them here
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 13:23:37 -0400, "JoJo"
wrote:

Sherry,

Isn't there a no kill shelter in your area?

Since I'm in the same part of Oklahoma, I'm butting in with a rant of
my own.

Around here, we're way behind the larger cities in shelters and vet
care. For shelters there is a local Sheltering Tree no kill shelter,
but last I heard they weren't accepting any more cats because they
didn't have enough folks to foster. That was last year, so maybe
things have changed. According to a recent local TV news story, the
Lawton city shelter PTS around 4,000 animals a year. It's a fairly
common occurance for people to dump animals in the county - we're semi
rural around here and a 30 minute drive from just about anywhere in
town brings you to a country dirt road. IIRC, Sherry's closest
neighbor is half a mile away, so is in prime dumping grounds for
unwanted pets.

As for 24/7 vet care, there just any such thing. Another recent TV
news story had to do with a puppy who had been bitten or stung by
something during the weekend (according to the story they suspected a
spider bite). The owner called every vet in the phone book and finally
one called back after a couple hours. By the time the vet called back
the puppy was over the worst of the allergic reaction, so the owner
opted not to pay the extra couple hundred dollars to be seen on the
weekend.

4 or 5 years ago one of my neighbors went through the same type of
thing when her cat was mauled by a couple d*gs. Again, the vet she
finally reached required a couple hundred dollars, up front, before
even seeing the cat. The neighbor ended up putting the up front money
on her mother's credit card to have the cat seen on a Saturday night.
In her case, the up front money was eventually discounted when the
total bill ran over a thousand dollars.

I really like living here, but when I hear of the options available in
some areas I wish we had them here
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

[remove Junk for email]
Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html
Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html

I really like living here, but when I hear of the options available in
some areas I wish we had them here
--
Steve Touchstone,

I agree completely.

I know they were dumped. I also know whoever dumped them drove up our lane to
the house to do so. We're too far off the road for such tiny kittens to get
here by themselves. I got pictures of the little urchins. Look how little they
are.
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens2.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens1.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens3.jpg

Sherry

I really like living here, but when I hear of the options available in
some areas I wish we had them here
--
Steve Touchstone,

I agree completely.

I know they were dumped. I also know whoever dumped them drove up our lane to
the house to do so. We're too far off the road for such tiny kittens to get
here by themselves. I got pictures of the little urchins. Look how little they
are.
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens2.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens1.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens3.jpg

Sherry

oops, middle one doesn't work

http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykitten1.jpg

oops, middle one doesn't work

http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykitten1.jpg

On 05 Jul 2004 16:24:13 GMT, itty (Sherry ) wrote:

I am so angry and frustrated. I went outside this a.m. and heard a funny sound,
looked around, and there are TWO kittens in the flowerbed. They are both gray.
One is longhaired. They look to be in good shape, except for fleas, ticks and
stickers, and are *very* well socialized.
Remember the closest house to me is 1/2 mile and I already know they didn't
come from there. Somebody deliberately brought them up the drive and dumped
them, probably last night.
I can't keep them. I can't really even take them to the shelter and expect them
to be adopted any time soon. They have 90 cats already and are about to cull
and take some to the city pound for euthanasia.
They're so cute. It's so sad.

Sherry
At least the id10t who dumped them put them in a place where they
would have a chance of being helped.
In no way am I condoning the actions of the id10t who dumped them.
Good luck with the little ones.