Jods said - I'm not strong enough and would end up with more animals which is why my family will not let me work at a pet shop.

For the same reason I cannot volunteer for the Humane Society. I did for about 18 months, a long time ago. Grand total of adoptees: 1 dog, and 5 cats. And we already had one cat at home. And my sweet Dougie Darling is allergic.

I truly envy those of you taking in foster cats. We have 5 cats right now - we only chose 2. The other 3 just happened into our lives and we were too weak to turn them away.