| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1547.1 | Yes, call the MSPCA | FSHQOA::RWAXMAN | A Cat Makes a Purrfect Friend | Tue Jul 12 1988 13:10 | 20 |
| Yes, Lauren, you have a right to call and it is NOT cruel (in my
opinion) to humanely euthanize unwanted kittens. It is better than
letting them forage outside on their own or worse, remain in a home
where they are being neglected and possibly abused.
When I was growing up, the family across the street had two cats,
a male and a female who kept mating and producing litters of unwanted
kittens. We would often see their kids parading up and down the street
with kittens in their arms (and you know how kids hold kittens)
ringing doorbells trying to find homes for them. My mom finally
got sick of seeing this and one day took the female to the vet,
had her spayed, and asked the vet if he could find her a good home.
He did. My mom then took the male, had him neutered, and kept him
for herself. The family could have cared less. Luckily, my mom
did.
Now all of you know who in my family I take after!
/Roberta
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| 1547.2 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Tue Jul 12 1988 15:08 | 6 |
| Why not try to make friends with your neighbor first, and find out
what the state of things is? (Holly has a chronic sinus thingy
and her eyes run slightly all the time -- this is not neglect.)
Maybe your neighbor is a cat person with no funds or without an
understanding of what cats need, and you could help.
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| 1547.3 | | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, & Holly; in Calif. | Tue Jul 12 1988 15:11 | 4 |
| P.S. maybe your neighbor needs some help himself or herself -- an
elderly person who can't mow their own lawn, etc. and who would
welcome an interested neighbor to bring them out into the community.
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| 1547.4 | | VAXWRK::ROY | | Tue Jul 12 1988 16:17 | 14 |
| Seems to be this notesfile has a better track record regarding placing
"unwanted" cats & kittens than the MSPCA -- I'd hold off on calling
them, if you know what I mean. I don't know about you, but I have
a real problem with "euthanizing" (such a nicer sounding word than
"killing").
If you come to find out that your neighbors (if they exist) *do*
care but are without funds, perhaps a humane society could pay for
neutering the mother cat, nipping the "problem" in the bud. The
kittens might be easier to place via this file/DEC newsletters and
other free advertising (shopping market bulletin boards, etc.)
Since it's summer, that would give your neighbor (not to throw this
all on you) plenty of time.
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| 1547.5 | Not so simple | MYVAX::LSCHWARTZ | | Wed Jul 13 1988 09:13 | 11 |
| I wish it was as easy as talking to my neighbor and spaying a cat
or two. I know for sure that the neighbor is not elderly. The
house is in awful shape compared to the houses on the rest of the
street. Its the kind of house where anyone would be afraid to knock
on the door. Also most of the cats (about 5) are older and any one of
them could have kittens, so they would all need to be caught and
neutered.
-Lauren
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