First I want to say I think this Jen person could have been a bit more understanding ....... BUT.....

Kitten season has started, for anyone in rescue this time of year is one of the worst.... we just about get through the "christmas present throw aways," and we get calls to take 100's of kittens..... some born is sheds to feral moms which are usually sick, some idiot owners that let their cats have kittens and don't give a damn, then there are there car /dog/poison victims.... all of these calls go up 150% at this time of year.

When a rescue takes a litter of kittens they have to feed, house, vaccinate, microchip, and fix everyone of them.... this takes money, and I am sorry to say the $100 donation that may or may not (and usually does'nt) come in with the litter does'nt even come close to covering the expenses incurred.

Most ppl won't adopt if a rescue is charging $150 per kitten, and that is what it takes to care for each of these kittens, so most places charge about $75 max, and swallow the rest of the expense.

So what happens now...... the rescue has to decide who lives and who dies because for each one that is adopted 10 more are lined up waiting for the spot.

No kill shelters go broke at this time of year, so when you rant about shelters bare in mind if I don't work for a no kill place I have to put the needle in the vein and watch 50% to 70% of every litter brought in die. Do you have any idea what that is like day after day.

I'm lucky, we are no kill, but I have also worked for a kill shelter.

In all honesty the last thing we need at this time of year is yet another litter of kittens so aborting the litter would have been best, and the sad truth is that it is very possible the only kittens that will survive are the ones the person keeps.

You may want to let them watch this video, this is the results of just one litter.
www.safehavenrescue.com/videos/greenwalt.wmv

Taking on one or 2 cats is great and kudos to the person for taking in a stray and doing the best by her..... but what will happen once the kittens are born is another story.... who will finacially support them?... YUP that falls on the shelter.