Don't get me started on spay/neuter. If I'm behind someone in line that's buying cat products, I'm off and running! Their answer is always the same: "I don't want to spend the money." Yeah, except that you end up w/litters of kittens that you have to feed and house and care for. It's better to spend a small amount up front than to have all these poor little babies running around outdoors w/all kinds of health and safety hazards. That's how I ended up caring for 27 ferals a couple of years ago. A man in the neighborhood had a truck trailer on the back of his property and it was housing untold numbers of cats who bred like crazy! He'd throw them some raw liver every once in a while and that was his idea of caring. So eventually, of course, they made their way down the street to the Crazy Cat Lady on the Hill. (That would be me.) And I had to trap and alter all of them. Aside from the expense for altering, cat food, shots, surgeries, etc., I became attached to every last one of them and cried buckets for weeks when I had to let them go to a new home. I was glad they had a permanent home but I loved those li'l ones. If people would just THINK!!!! But cats get treated worse than dogs, unfortunately, because many people consider them throwaways. And, believe it or not, there are still some ignoramuses (or ignorami ) out there who believe that cats can't feel pain. Can you imagine?

Blessings,
Mary