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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

3826.0. "bad and good news" by NAVIER::BRODEUR () Wed Jul 25 1990 15:04

    I don't now about everyone else but I get as low and discouraged
    as one gets in this business of finding homes for cats especially
    at this time of the kitten year. I started out thinking how bad
    the kill policy is at the MSPCA and other shelters however where
    do you draw the line between qualilty of life and living day to
    day in a cage. When so many unwanted cats come up the ultimate
    solution doesn't seem so bad. I'm sure if humans could deal with
    other humans that become a problem in the same way I wonder how
    my chances would be at getting a new home!
    Since money talks I've gathered some fellow cat home finders to
    organize a yard sale to help pay for some of the cost incured all
    year by animal rescue persons. I'm not soliciting here but if any
    of you fellow feliners want to stop by to introduce yourself, bring
    some item for sale for the cause or just look for a xmas gift early
    we will be gathered on Peter Spring Rd in Concord Ma which is a
    couple of miles out of Concord Center on Rt62 towards Bedford, the
    date being this saturday july 28 (raindate sunday).
    If you can't make it try to organize your own and help out your
    local shelter or rescue league.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3826.1	WHY DON'T PEOPLE SPAY/NEUTER PETS?!	WLDWST::K_GARRISON	Vox populi	`Wed Jul 25 1990 15:38`	22
	I can empathize with your feelings on the kill policy. Last week my landlords trapped and delivered a feral mother cat and two of her kittens to the Humane Society. They could not be placed for adoption as they hadn't been socialized and couldn't be handled easily. They held them for 72 hours nonetheless. What a frightening way to spend the last hours. BUT, there is some good news to this. I smuggled the remaining two kittens into my apartment, have tamed them, and have taken them to the vets for check up, shots and baths. They're fat, sassy, and have two prospective permanent homes as well an offer for a foster home. I hope that you do well with your garage sale! I have been asking friends for their reusables here in California as well. The items will be donated to ACA which funds animal birth control -- a big problem here. They pay the cost of spay/neuter as well as try to enlighten the neighborhoods as to the need for this. They will fund the trapping and spay/neuter of ferals as well. Keep up the good work! - karen
3826.2		CIRCUS::KOLLING	Karen/Sweetie/Holly/Little Bit Ca.	`Wed Jul 25 1990 15:49`	2
	What's ACA?
3826.3	A primary source of kittens...	IOWAIT::WILDE	Ask yourself..am I a happy cow?	`Wed Jul 25 1990 16:00`	21
	>>> -< WHY DON'T PEOPLE SPAY/NEUTER PETS?! >- FLAME ON: Or, EVEN ASSUMING THAT PEOPLE WISH TO HAVE INDOOR-OUTDOOR CATS, why don't they keep their KITTENS INDOORS UNTIL THEY ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BE NEUTERED OR SPAYED? Those "oh oh, she seems to have gotten pregnant before I got a chance to get her spayed" litters are PRIMARY contributors to the cat over-population problem...and a very big reason why so many cats are killed at shelters. And those male kittens that "aren't old enough yet" to be neutered are out there getting cats pregnant. It is just too difficult to predict when a cat will become capable of reproducing to allow kittens freedom before they are safely "fixed". Even BREEDERS can't always tell....as Jo can attest. I wish all who try and cope with this problem the best of luck...I'm burned out trying to get strays neutered/spayed, shots, find them homes, etc...I've spent in excess of $500.00 in the last 18 months and there isn't even a dent in the local cat population. FLAME OFF
3826.4	Contributions	CRUISE::NDC	Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313	`Thu Jul 26 1990 09:09`	5
	re: .0 - where do you work? I have some excellent items that you can have including a pyrex-type cookware set (casserole dishes etc) brand new, never been used. Is there some way I can get this stuff to you before the sale? I'm at MR03 and live in Braintree. Nancy DC
3826.5	ACA = Animal Birth Control Assistance	WLDWST::K_GARRISON	Vox populi	`Mon Jul 30 1990 14:26`	16
	In reply .2 you asked what ACA was. It is Animal Birth Control Assistance, Inc. A non-profit group that is dedicated to the curtailing of breeding of unwanted cats and dogs. They work with competent vets and pay the part of hte spay/neuter fee the owner cannot affford (~$15 for neuter, $25 for spay). They raise money through flea markets and garage sales and will pick up anything you have to donate; household goods, books, clothing, etc. All tax deductible. I'm not sure how much information of such is allowed in this conference, if I can give phone numbers of ACA, etc. I suggest anyone contact me through mail if they'd like more info. - karen (WLDWST::K_GARRISON)