No Kill Shelter has to start killing

[lizbud]

Which pregnant females are being blamed, and for what?

[jenluckenbach]

Thanks for the cross post. With the holiday I have not heard anything new, but I hope to foster at least 1 of her cats.

[catmandu]

Its very sad that these poor Creatures of God have to be PTS.
There seems to be no end to this as this genration has no sense of responsibility to thier Pets, and no guilt at dumping them out when they are no longer cute.
My friends at the Animal Welfare feel like the Greek Fellow who rolls a rock almost to the top of the hill, only to see it roll all the way back.
My friend Helen tells me that theres not a day they dont get calls with Idiots who no longer want thier Pets.
We are allergic suddenly.
They scratched the furniture.
They sprayed something.
They bit the child that was strangling it.
I think this will come to a head and all Pet Lovers will suffer, sadly.

[jennielynn1970]

Thanks for the cross post. With the holiday I have not heard anything new, but I hope to foster at least 1 of her cats.

I haven't heard anything either, and the first couple that are due to be PTS only have about a week left!!!

Hope there will be some info soon!!

[Lizzie]

Which pregnant females are being blamed, and for what?

I did garble that, didn't I. I meant that, although far less likely to happen in the western world now, females get all kinds of blame for being pregnant and are made to suffer both physically and emotionally. When I was younger, it was not at all uncommon for a pregnant girl to get thrown out of the family home. So, although euthanizing pregnant cats is logical because it cuts the numbers of new cats needing homes, it resonates with me as victimizing the "pregnant female". I'm still not saying this well but hopefully better.

I received a response from Best Friends that they will be contacting the shelter direct, although how much they can do I don't know since they are helping many other small rescues in dire straights across the country. Perhaps they can at least take the cat with no back legs and he can join their Scooter.

In regard to people who dump their cats, please see the item called "Dear Mr. & Mrs. Average Idiot" which is about in the middle of the following:

http://www.gotcats.org/Rescuers.html

This is a wonderful sanctuary in Tennessee I found while looking for a place to take an elderly persian and siamese who had been dumped by their owner because she couldn't be bothered with them any more (at least she was honest!)