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A female cat and her offspring can produce over 12,500 kittens in five years. A great majority of them become homeless. The euthanasia of many thousands of unwanted cats and kittens takes place each year. Help make euthanasia a thing of the past by having your cat or kitten spayed or neutered. |
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I have stayed out of the whole feral cat, Sav-R-Cats issue, but it's getting to be a bit much now. For all of you who just "don't get it," I'll try to use small words. Webster's definitions [are] "feral: wild or savage having escaped from domestication" and "stray: a domestic animal wandering at large or lost, waif." After managing two Humane Society animal shelters and working as a veterinary technician 20-plus years, I certainly know there is a huge difference. Also, everyone needs to understand where feral cats originated. These are the offspring of lost or abandoned unneutered, unspayed animals. According to the Humane Society of the U.S., one female animal who is not spayed can, if all her offspring survive in a 10-year period, account for 84,652,644 cats, based on an average litter of six kittens. These cats have committed no wrongdoing that should [cause them to] be sentenced to death. People are directly responsible for the feral and stray cat problem. I commend Sav-R-Cats for the enormous job they are doing. Instead of complaining and writing letters, why aren't more people working to become part of the solution instead part of the problem? Spay and neuter, people, it's the only answer. |
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A Tribute To All Fosters Everywhere
I Am Famous Now I left home today. I didn't want to go, so I hid behind my mama and my three littermates that were left. I didn't like you. But one day they said I would be famous. I wonder—is famous the same as fun and good times? So you picked me up and carried me away, even though you were concerned about me hiding from you. I don't think you liked me. My new home is far away. I am scared and afraid. My heart says be brave. My ancestors were. Did they go to good homes like mine? I'm hungry because I can't eat too much because it will be bad for my bones. I can't bite or snap when the children are mean to me. I just run and play and pretend I am in a big green field with butterflies and robins and frogs. I can't understand why they kick me. I am quiet, but the man hits and says loud things. The lady doesn't feed me good things like I had with my mother. She just throws dry food on the ground, then goes away before I can get too close for touching and petting. Sometimes my food smells bad, but I eat it anyway. Today I had 10 puppies. They are so wonderful and warm. Am I famous now? I wish I could play with them, but they are so tiny. I am so young and playful that it is hard to lay here in this hole under the house nursing my puppies. They are crying now. I am so hungry. I scratch and worry my fur. I wish someone would throw me some food. I am also very thirsty. I now have eight. Two got cold during the night and I couldn't make them warm again. They are gone. We are all very weak. Maybe if I take them out on the porch, we can get some food. Today they took us away. It was too much trouble to feed us and someone came to take us away. Someone grabbed my puppies; they were crying and whimpering. We were put in a truck with boxes in it. Are my babies famous now? I hope so, because I miss them. They are gone. The place smelled of urine, fear, and sickness. Why was I here? I was beautiful, like my ancestors. Now I am hungry, dirty, in pain, and unwanted. Maybe the worst is unwanted. No one came though I tried to be good. Today someone came. They put a rope on my neck and led me to a room that was very clean and had a shiny table. They put me on the table. Someone held me and hugged me. It felt so good!!! Then I felt tired and lay over the last one who cared. I am famous now. Today someone cared. Author Unknown
Dear Mom and Dad, I died today. You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. I am in a plastic bag in a landfill now. Some other puppy will get the barley used leash you left. My collar was dirty and too small, but the lady took it off before she sent me to the Rainbow Bridge. Would I still be at home if I hadn’t chewed your shoe? I didn’t know what it was, but it was leather, and it was on the floor. I was just playing. You forgot to get me puppy toys.
Would I still be at home if I hadn’t brought fleas into the house? Without anti-flea medicine, I couldn’t get them off me after you left me in the yard for days and days. Would I still be home if I hadn’t barked and barked? I was only saying “I’m scared, I’m lonely, I’m here, I’m here! I want to be your best friend.” Would I still be at home if I had made you happy? Hitting me didn’t help. Would I still be at home if you had taken the time to care for me and to teach me manners? You didn’t pay attention to me after the first week or so, but I spent all my time waiting for you to love me. I died today.
FACTS Having your cats spayed or neutered (altered, fixed) is a very important part of keeping them safe and happy. A spayed or neutered animal can also be less territorial. If you have a male, that means he won't be lifting his leg on your furniture and plants. They also are less likely to engage in fighting and are less likely to bite. Altered pets are less likely to roam, as they aren't looking to mate. If they are at home with you and not trying to get out every time you open the door, they are safe from outside dangers such as cars, dogs, rabid animals and fleas or ticks. Altered pets are also less likely to get certain cancers and will not add to the already unmanageable problem of pet overpopulation.
Spaying your female pet before their first heat reduces
breast and uterine cancer
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The Gift Eyes fearful, paws worn A sorrowful sight So forlorn Love they said would be the cure For the suffering You had endured So our family grew that day We brought you home With us you'd stay Slowly, gently the bond it grew Faithful, loyal Loving, true Looking back it's so unclear How we got by Without you here Trusted Companion, devoted friend You give and give It never ends They said we were a gift to you But now we know Who rescued who. - J. M. BERRY
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