It would be so much better if people just brought them to the shelter.

I always used to get so upset about people who euthanized animals themselves - but now that I think about it, it would be so much better for them to euthanize them than to dump them on a farm somewhere, where they'll reproduce. That leads to even more animals which will eventually need to be euthanized.

I know one woman who allowed one cat who had been dumped to live in her barn. She didn't know it - but the cat already had kittens, and she brought them around shortly after she realized she was safe there. When Kay went to have her spayed, she was already pregnant again!! So far, she's had 14 kittens. Can you imagine what it's going to cost her to have each of them spayed/neutered? And there's no way she'll be able to afford shots for all of them.

So when you think about it - it doesn't take long for the problem to escalate. If one cat can have 14 kittens in that short a time, then it wouldn't take many cats or much time at all to end up with eighty. If you couldn't afford to have the kittens fixed, then the problem would get even worse!

Don't most shelters have a fee for taking in animals? If that's the case, how can all these farmers afford to bring them in.

I really never realized how bad this problem was. It's terrible!!!