Saddened to see stray kitties on my almost perfect outing

[Laura's Babies]

It is heartbreaking how "disposable" some people think cats are! All they had to do was spay their cat to prevent that litter of kittens they did not want. There are so many more out there. The colony Mike is feeding everynight has 3 or 4 beautiful long haired black ones, several tuxies and tabbies. Then there is a solid white BIG BOY that is deaf. These are at an apartment complex and several of the people there feed them all on a regular basis and thy to keep him for doing the TNR.

One of them is however warming up to Mike and what he is doing since I have made sure I send pictures of Miss Tuxie so she can see how well she is doing and to let her know he is only doing what is best for Miss Tuxie.

[moosmom]

Carole,

My heart broke reading this story. I know only too well your feelings of helplessness. You have wonderful intentions and a heart of gold. Thank you for taking the time to feed these poor babies.

I was on Petfinder.com looking for a Maine Coon for my daughter's friend the other night. A wave of depression came over me. The thought of all these precious babies in cages, with no human contact just overwhelmed me. I wanted to save every single one of them. Unfortunately, you can't save them all. I then got angry at the humans who put them there. Humans can be so unkind.

Bless your heart, Carole. Hopefully, the shop owner will take over feeding them so they at least have a meal everyday.

[phesina]

Carole, thank you for caring about those kitties and feeding them and trying to help them. My heart breaks too any time I come across stray or lost cats, and I become enraged again at the stupidity and/or selfishness of so many people.

Pat

[Kalei]

That is so terrible, and it is even more terrible to know that it goes on in each and every city and town in the world. Its sad to know how horribly cruel some people can be. Just because their cat got pregnant and they would throw it outside, its awful. Shows that some people just don't care. I think if someone is going to get a cat then they should love it unconditionally no matter what. Poor kitties, I hope they will all be okay and be fed.

[catmandu]

Thats so sad.It reminds me of the time I went to Cooperstown, and when we were having our Subs in the Park , a Stray came over and I gave her a nice piece of Torkey and Cheese.
It is a sad thing to see a Creature Of God so shabbily treated.

[kimlovescats]

I understand your sadness ... such a terrible shame!

[ShylanHal]

I so totally understand! I hate it when people think that they can just use them, abuse them, and then throw them out when they're done. That, I suspect, is how I met Clover, and her owners just threw her out when she stopped looking so kittenish. And then my friend and Clover's foster mommie, Mel, had a friend (not so much anymore) who believed that it was '"dirty" for cats to come inside, and if the cat died, oh well, they're all lesser creatures than us humans, and were just created to serve us in any way that we please" sort of thing. So horrible!
I'm glad you did what you could for those babies!
I'd do the same thing!

[carole]

Yes Donna my sadness and depression just thinking about them turned to anger pretty quick at the people we call humans who have let this happen, they were on my mind last night and like you said we cannot save them all, but my heart aches just thinking about the rotten life they have, i can only well hope that the car wrecker owner does feed them now and then, or on a regular basis but i can only hope for that, at least where they are they have heaps of shelter from wind,rain,sun and a river near by for water and i guess in that long grass there is a lot of wildlife, like rats to be eaten, so even though that is not really good for them,it will full their starving bellies,i hate to think just how many cats there actually were, as they just kept appearing from nowhere,and of course they will breed too, i really need to find out if there is anyone able to trap and fix and release them,as i cannot do anything from where i live.

I don't go over there very often, but anytime i do i will be prepared with food for these poor babies,as i know there will always be some there.

On a nicer note, we met a beautiful shop cat that was the spitting image of my Lexie, even had the white dash on the chest, but a slightly different face and maybe her fur was a little longer, she was super friendly named Dottie,she was a stray that the shop owner took on and is spoilt rotten ,she sleeps at the shop with her own litter box etc, she actually visits the shop next door all day, even though she is owned by the shop next door,she was a real cutie pie, and very content and well looked after,some kitties are lucky and sadly some are not.

I look at my four and think how lucky they are, i know that ellie.mae and Nikki were not for over six years, there life was not as bad as that of a feral, but it was not much better, and i feel so happy to have them in my care and know that they will want for nothing,i just wish every cat could be so fortunate,it is a sad cruel world we live in, and to think that there are human beings, children even worse off than these feral cats, just blows me away,it is just hard to take it all in isn't it? Thanks for listening.