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09-05-2008, 11:47 PM   #1

Our local cat rescue is full.


I did not see this news item on local TV about 2 or 3 nights ago but my OH told me that our local cat rescue is full to bursting with cats and kittens. They can take no more in. They cited two instances where people bought their cats in and the excuses they gave for wanting to give them up. One said that as they were Catholic they didn't believe in having their cat spayed and another person said that the cat didn't go with her new furniture. UNBELIEVABLE!



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09-05-2008, 11:49 PM   #2

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.




Those poor poor kitties, I really despair of people sometimes.



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09-05-2008, 11:51 PM   #3

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


Unbelievable!!!!!will it ever stop!



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09-05-2008, 11:58 PM   #4

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


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Originally Posted by angieh
One said that as they were Catholic they didn't believe in having their cat spayed and another person said that the cat didn't go with her new furniture. UNBELIEVABLE!





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10-05-2008, 12:03 AM   #5

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


Lots of rescues are full.
Our CP branch is overflowing with cats.
I said I needed a break from the fostering as it's so time consuming & with my new job which is less flexible it's hard to fit everything in. I said I'd just have 1 or 2 pens in use at a time. However it is so hard to say no & so with the one I trapped today that will be all 4 of my pens full up again.



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10-05-2008, 12:04 AM   #6

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


The CP in my area is also full....I wonder if we will ever educate people......will it ever be any better.



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10-05-2008, 12:21 AM   #7

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


This could hold out a bit of hope in the feral population anyway -

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0219132149.htm

I've always wondered why grey squirrels aren't fed birth control. Might give our resident reds a chance to make a bit of a comeback!



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10-05-2008, 01:35 AM   #8

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


"Doesn't match the furniture..."! ...boggles the mind, doesn't it...



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10-05-2008, 09:21 AM   #9

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


This kind of thing is SO sad. We too have far to many cats and kittens in our CP. I thought we were animal lovers???



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10-05-2008, 09:53 AM   #10

Re: Our local cat rescue is full.


The caterry where I take Denis often has cats left behind and they are pedigrees too. One lady she managed to track down said it was because he didn't go with the furniture!!!!



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