I will apologize in advance for making this thread active again, but I feel the need to say something here.

Seeing as though my whole life revolves around rescue, I am incredibly sensitive to these topics. I spend all my time and every resource available to me trying to help homeless animals. I've been volunteering at and working in shelters for years and have seen everything imaginable.

I found my cat, Shiloh, in a parking lot starving under a truck. She was 7 months old, but the size of a 3 month old since she was so malnourished. I later saw what I thought to be her littermates dead on the side of a nearby highway. My other cat, Skylar, was a few hours old laying in the hot sun outside an apartment complex with his brother (who sadly didn't make it). Skylar's mom belonged to someone at the complex who allowed her to get pregnant, allowed her to have babies outside, and apparently either didn't care or didn't know about the mom rejecting Skylar and his brother. The mother cat was later spotted with another kitten who was about 3 months old. Who knows how many she had. I nursed Skylar and bottlefed him around the clock. My boy has been with me since the first day of his life and thankfully he's a big healthy boy now. His brother and other siblings were not so lucky, as I'm sure they're all either dead or living life as ferals at an apartment complex.

I currently have 6 foster cats in my home; 2 who were abandoned in the country, 3 abandoned in a box at the shelter's back door, and one rescued from the kill shelter. I am constantly fostering orphaned kittens and puppies, elderly and sick dogs and cats, and crazy adolescent dogs and cats. I'm not a rich person and it takes a lot out of me. I do not appreciate ONE BIT the person who mentioned that I am wasting my money on homeless animals. When one of my fosters gets a loving, responsible home, it makes IT ALL WORTH IT.

Last night, on the way home from my boyfriend's house, I found a dog. He was standing there panting so hard. I pulled over and talked to him for 10 minutes before trying to approach him. When I finally did try to step closer, he cringed and took off. I spent the next 50 minutes crying and trying so hard to earn the poor dog's trust. I eventually had to just leave food for him and go home. I cried myself to sleep and woke up crying after having many nightmares. That one dog represented the millions that are homeless who I can't help. I felt (and still feel) like a terrible person because I couldn't help him more. But the REAL terrible person is whoever let that poor dog get to that point. He was obviously on the streets for a long time and he had absolutely no trust in humans. The fear in his eyes said it all. That dog has been through a lot, and I hate whoever is to blame. I really do

QueenChyna - The reason I just talked about the above situations is so people will know why I feel so strongly about spaying and neutering. Even though Scooter's kittens will get loving homes, there will be that many less homes for the kittens in the shelters. Please don't feel like I'm attacking you or anything. I really don't think people should have been rude and I am really sorry for that. I'm really glad that you guys are getting Scooter spayed. You should look and see if there is a low cost place in your area. I take all my fosters to a low cost clinic for their spays/neuters and shots. It really helps a LOT with those reduced prices. We're not all millionaires afterall! I also hope that you won't delete this thread. I know that it got out of hand and went in a direction that was far away from the topic you intended. Maybe just start a new thread with Scooter pictures. I think there is valuable information in this thread for maybe other people who are browsing the site.

And to Danny - we don't hate your sister's kittens and love everyone else's. Most people here who have pregnant cats have rescued them from the shelter or the streets. Even though your sister's kittens aren't rescues, that doesn't mean we hate them. In fact, we care about them A LOT - that's why everyone is so passionate about this topic. Sometimes passion is so strong though, that it comes out in the wrong way.