My experience is that shelters welcome kittens because they are "easy" to adopt (unfortunately, they may or may not be good screeners like asking about declawing, spay/nueter etc). The problem with newspapers is you are taking a risk at a bad home. People lie. We have a lot of dog fighters up here that take kittens and puppies to use to train their dogs to kill in the pen. Or there are just bad owners, "OH, we want a kitten!" With no idea what the responsibilities are. At least with a shelter, they have to pay a fairly good amount and get SOME education by someone who LOOKS official!! You know what I mean?