What's w/all the neutering???

[Carlotta]

Stray cats are a good thing. They keep rats away and other unwanted critters. I know I'm gonna get alot of posts about "over-population" and "the vets say so" and "it's kind to spay" and "it helps prevent unwanted litters" so don't waste your time. I've reserched everything there is on cats and all I get is reasons for spaying. Can' people be happy w/the way God made them? I mean, I'm not against it but that it's beginning to get hard to find kittens in the paper does not prove overpopulation. I've seldomly seen a stray but everytime I do they always look happy and I leave food out for them. They can hunt and take care of themselves so there's nothing wrong w/being a stray. You also get a wonderful feeling when you feed them.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

You know everybody, I wouldn't even respond to this post since it seems this person is what they call a "troll". Just trying to stir up controversy so don't give them the satisfaction of knowing that their post worked.

Some people really need to get a life!

[K & L]

Sorry, don't agree with you. Big problem is there aren't enough people to feed and care for them. They get diseases, do not get a healthy regular diet, and bring kittens into the same environment.

[Carlotta]

They can hunt! Just because their "domesticated" doesn't mean that they can't hunt! They can feed themselves just as well as any wild cat but since most people do feed strays they are very well fed. You never see a stray cat that's skin and bones.

[kitten645]

ditto t&p mom...

[lbaker]

ditto T&PMom. mums the word here

[lbaker]

kitten645, we posted the same thing at the same time - great minds etc etc

[Carlotta]

what duz that mean. I'm a kitten in this place!

[HayleyRosie]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
You know everybody, I wouldn't even respond to this post since it seems this person is what they call a "troll". Just trying to stir up controversy so don't give them the satisfaction of knowing that their post worked.

Some people really need to get a life!

Ditto!

[PayItForward]

Ditto T&P Mum !

[Nomilynn]

You are right Debbie. I also won't vote on the poll, since the answers are skewed and none of them fit for my opinion.

[Logan]

Carlotta, I don't know who you are, but if you wanted to stir up a controversy, you probably succeeded, except that these ladies won't bite! I voted....my cats stay indoors when I want them to. They go outdoors when I let them.

One of the reasons I was interested in your post is that you live in the same city I do. Do you know how many strays are euthanized every single year in Greenville, SC?? A LOT!!!! I think the statistic is that about 1/4 or 1/5 of the cats and dogs that are at the human society are adopted. The others are euthanized. That's enough statistically for me to know that in our area, we need to do a better job of encouraging spay and neuter. In fact, one of those "strays" that you never see lives in my house and has been here for over two years.

Logan

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by Carlotta
it's beginning to get hard to find kittens in the paper

I'll proudly disply status as a lemming and follow up with a huge DITTO to T&P, Lbaker, Nomilynn, Logan, & all the rest.

I just wanted to comment that, people who don't care enough to spay and neuter probably don't care enough to run an ad in the paper.

[ramanth]

Ditto T&P

[slick]

Well, Carlotta, even though I refuse to comment on this debate and agree with T & P, you are a newcomer and as with all newcomers I have to say welcome to Pet Talk.

However it's a shame that your first post has to be one that can stir up all kinds of emotions......and hurt feelings. I wouldn't be pushing this subject too far if I were you.