Rant: People Who Dump Cats

(disgruntled hamster) wrote in message . com...
What beautiful kittens! Though the responsibility never should have
fallen on you, I imagine you'll have no problem finding wonderful
homes for these two.. particularly if they're well socialized.

As far as the longhair trait being present in mixed-breeds, depends on
the area you live in. In southern New England, for example, (where I'm
from), longhaired cats of mixed parentage are very, very common.

I think they are common all over. I have worked shelters literally
across the country and you always see all types of kittens come
through - all colors of the rainbow, patterns and fur length. That's
why I have to laugh at people who say they want a purebred because of
the way it "looks". 99% of the time during kitten season you can find
the "look" of just about any purebred in a moggie wannabe from your
local shelter.

-L.

Judging from the amount of incredible suffering in the world; that one man can
live in a billion dollar mansion and groups of children can't get food or
medicine for even one day, that segments of crazed people can behead/slaughter
others in the name of God, and so forth...doesn't seem that there's a ceiling
or limit on the way it's going....nor, will there ever be a ceiling or limit.

Judging from the amount of incredible suffering in the world; that one man can
live in a billion dollar mansion and groups of children can't get food or
medicine for even one day, that segments of crazed people can behead/slaughter
others in the name of God, and so forth...doesn't seem that there's a ceiling
or limit on the way it's going....nor, will there ever be a ceiling or limit.

"I believe the Maine Coon breed actually originated from a
population of large, random-bred attractive longhair kitties that were
prevalent in Maine"

That is correct. A point I often make. The "breed standard" in the
early years of the century were to certify that both the cats parents
were also long-haired cats.

"I believe the Maine Coon breed actually originated from a
population of large, random-bred attractive longhair kitties that were
prevalent in Maine"

That is correct. A point I often make. The "breed standard" in the
early years of the century were to certify that both the cats parents
were also long-haired cats.

"Sherry " wrote in message
...
Rant On.
We found two baby kittens in the flowerbed this morning. We live in the
country, with no close neighbors. They didn't walk here by themselves.
Someone
dumped them.
This isn't the first time. Or the second or third. I hate people who dump
animals. Hate isn't a word I use very often, but I hate them. These babies
are
tiny, probably not 10 weeks old. Do people think a 10-week-old kitten can
fend
for itself? The are *very* well socialized. They were relatively in good
shape,
except for being covered with fleas, ticks and stickers.
The last dumped cat, no, wait, it was two dumped cats ago, the one before
Biskit was sealed up in a cardboard box in the drive. Nice touch, to make
sure
the cat didn't wander off too far.
What kind of a lazy-assed person won't drive to a shelter and relinquish
animals. And what kind of mentality thinks *I* should take responsibility
for
their animals.
But you what? I did. I bathed them and fed them and brought them in the
house.
Now I don't have a clue what to do with them. Kitten season is hard this
year.
Shelters are over-run.
If they hadn't wandered up here, they'd have starved, together. I would
rather
see these jackasses put a bullet in a cat's head than dump it to starve.
I took some pictures to make a poster with. Thought I'd share them. Rant
over.
Thanks for listening.
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens2.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykitten1.jpg

Sherry

My aunt has a little old house out in the country. She has a dog, several
horses, but she's surrounded by woods. There ARE bears in her area - she's
seen them cross her property - and people still dump fully grown non-feral
cats on her property. Hell, people dump cats off close to my mom's because
she lives in farming country and there's a barn behind the house. In a
society where it's okay to tie a dog overnight to a shelter door, I don't
have much hope. Our shelter is staying open hours later than usual this
weekend in a last-ditch effort to get more cats adopted out. Thursday night,
we got in 8 cats after 6 pm (the doors close at 7). We were there until 9
pm, running around to move cats and find space and get meds done and clean
cages and move more cats... Someone actually surrendered a mom cat and one
kitten... because the other kittens maybe had homes already. It's a sad day
when the best you can think is "at least we got the mom, too, and she won't
have any more litters." But the bubble is burst when you consider the very
slight chance that all the other kittens in that litter will never be
altered and will get out or be let out and will breed. If more people
realized that animal shelters are quite literally trying to put themselves
out of business... gah. There are no words for the frustration and sorrow.

"Sherry " wrote in message
...
Rant On.
We found two baby kittens in the flowerbed this morning. We live in the
country, with no close neighbors. They didn't walk here by themselves.
Someone
dumped them.
This isn't the first time. Or the second or third. I hate people who dump
animals. Hate isn't a word I use very often, but I hate them. These babies
are
tiny, probably not 10 weeks old. Do people think a 10-week-old kitten can
fend
for itself? The are *very* well socialized. They were relatively in good
shape,
except for being covered with fleas, ticks and stickers.
The last dumped cat, no, wait, it was two dumped cats ago, the one before
Biskit was sealed up in a cardboard box in the drive. Nice touch, to make
sure
the cat didn't wander off too far.
What kind of a lazy-assed person won't drive to a shelter and relinquish
animals. And what kind of mentality thinks *I* should take responsibility
for
their animals.
But you what? I did. I bathed them and fed them and brought them in the
house.
Now I don't have a clue what to do with them. Kitten season is hard this
year.
Shelters are over-run.
If they hadn't wandered up here, they'd have starved, together. I would
rather
see these jackasses put a bullet in a cat's head than dump it to starve.
I took some pictures to make a poster with. Thought I'd share them. Rant
over.
Thanks for listening.
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykittens2.jpg
http://members.aol.com/jjrich0523/graykitten1.jpg

Sherry

My aunt has a little old house out in the country. She has a dog, several
horses, but she's surrounded by woods. There ARE bears in her area - she's
seen them cross her property - and people still dump fully grown non-feral
cats on her property. Hell, people dump cats off close to my mom's because
she lives in farming country and there's a barn behind the house. In a
society where it's okay to tie a dog overnight to a shelter door, I don't
have much hope. Our shelter is staying open hours later than usual this
weekend in a last-ditch effort to get more cats adopted out. Thursday night,
we got in 8 cats after 6 pm (the doors close at 7). We were there until 9
pm, running around to move cats and find space and get meds done and clean
cages and move more cats... Someone actually surrendered a mom cat and one
kitten... because the other kittens maybe had homes already. It's a sad day
when the best you can think is "at least we got the mom, too, and she won't
have any more litters." But the bubble is burst when you consider the very
slight chance that all the other kittens in that litter will never be
altered and will get out or be let out and will breed. If more people
realized that animal shelters are quite literally trying to put themselves
out of business... gah. There are no words for the frustration and sorrow.