Saddened to see stray kitties on my almost perfect outing

[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.

[moosmom]

Carole,

Is there anyway you can ask some of the local pet shops to donate dry food for them?? I wish I lived closer, I'd certainly use my contacts to help out. How about possibly building them a shelter out of a Rubbermaid bin??? It would at least give them shelter from the cold and wet.

Just a suggestion.

[carole]

Donna i think shelter is ok they have like a hundred old wrecked cars to shelter in , there are buildings and old sheds, so that is probably the least of their problems, and they are close to a river with trees, I don't live nearby at all, and i could not possibly go over there all the time not being able to drive or afford the petrol so that is not really possible, oh how i wish it were,i am not sure what is the best thing to do, locals can get a bit shitty when city dwellers come in on their turf asking them to do something about it,i think my best bet is to approach the Humane Alternative and see if they can do anything, they may well have a member over that way or someone who is already looking out for them, i can but only hope for that,but i understand where you are coming from.,believe me i do.

It is a fairly small town and i donot think there is even a petshop there,i did not see one anyhow.

[Catty1]

Is there a pet store right in that area you can contact? I am sure they get out-of-date food, and it could be put to good use.

[carole]

No not to my knowlege, my city is probably the next best bet, but one has to have someone prepared to feed them over there, it is not possible for me to do so i am sorry to say.,maybe the car wrecker owner feeds them, i have no idea, they all looked reasonably ok for ferals, not like our beloved pets obviously and until you are up close you can never really tell,but i was suprised that they looked as good as they did, so i am hoping that means someone is looking after them, i would like to take a trip back soon when the car wrecker is open and ask him, but i am a little scared incase he is bothered by them, and gets annoyed with me asking and decides to take action like getting the council involved,one never knows what the real situation is, however if the council operates as our's does you have to hire traps at ten dollars a wk to trap them, then they are PTS, I donot want to be responsible for that happening for sure, and nine times out of ten no-one is prepared to pay that up front, i mean it could end up costing someone quite a bit of money in the long run, so for them it is best just to leave them be.

Getting them trapped and fixed would be the best bet all round, Humane Alternative used to do that, just not sure if they are still operating that way, i will contact them and find out..really is my best bet and the best possible answer to the problem i think. I will endeavour to do my best, but i can only do so much.