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I am having a real conscience problem with the idea of trapping cats only to hand them over to Animal Control to euthanize. That is why I contacted the no kill programs in the first place so that the cats would not end up dead. Originally, I thought that it would be fine if the ones that I fed just got spayed, neutered and returned then I could keep feeding them. That was before I talked to other residents that started saying how they and the park owner wanted to get rid of the cats. That was before some asshole moved out and abandoned more cats. I called Animal control to report the abandoning as the animal cruelty that it is.
I was informed that Animal Control could possibly adopt out the abandoned cats, but they are going to stop even trying to trap them now. I trapped almost all of the cats that I wanted to put into the TNR, (Trap, Neuter and Return) program because they were getting caught by Animal Control. I even had to trap a mother cat and go get her kittens out of a vacant trailer to send with her. Not a problem, I really liked that cat. I was told and I am certain that she and her kittens were put into a foster program. ******* AWESOME.
I was given hope that the other cats could be sent to a place to become barn cats there and got really excited and hopeful about them being safe. After all, that is the most important part of this whole thing. This isn't about me, it isn't about any human, it is about the safety and well being of the cats. It is not safe for the cats to come back to this trailer park. I can not keep them inside. I can not be sure that they will use a shelter and not end up going under an occupied trailer for heat. I can not guarantee that that person will not hurt the cats. I can not guarantee that the owner or the maintenance people will not turn around and call animal control on the spayed and neutered cats if they come back. The cats are the only good thing I can say about this trailer park (not everyone is bad and some are nice, but the park sucks as a whole). I would wish that I had never moved in here, but then I would not have 2 of my cats that I took in after they were abandoned.
The owner is a slumlord. Look at the condition of the park. If he gave a **** it would not look like this. So on top of worrying about the cats safety, I have to worry about whether or not the park will get shut down and my mother, my 3 inside cats and myself will have shelter. Where would the outside cats go then? My mother is 69 years old and has had 8 heart attacks. I have to worry about her every day. I really actually do give a ****. I am 50 years old and my heart can't take much more of this.
Then to top that off, now it is getting put on me to trap the cats and give them to people that will possibly kill them? Or return them to the park that is not a safe place for outside cats. It isn't just my heart, my head is about to explode. I just do not think that I am capable of trapping cats to get them killed. I am not one of the residents that just wanted to shoot them, but trapping them and getting them euthanized just doesn't seem much different. I would rather euthanize the people that abandoned them and/or the people that would hurt them.
Jim
I was informed that Animal Control could possibly adopt out the abandoned cats, but they are going to stop even trying to trap them now. I trapped almost all of the cats that I wanted to put into the TNR, (Trap, Neuter and Return) program because they were getting caught by Animal Control. I even had to trap a mother cat and go get her kittens out of a vacant trailer to send with her. Not a problem, I really liked that cat. I was told and I am certain that she and her kittens were put into a foster program. ******* AWESOME.
I was given hope that the other cats could be sent to a place to become barn cats there and got really excited and hopeful about them being safe. After all, that is the most important part of this whole thing. This isn't about me, it isn't about any human, it is about the safety and well being of the cats. It is not safe for the cats to come back to this trailer park. I can not keep them inside. I can not be sure that they will use a shelter and not end up going under an occupied trailer for heat. I can not guarantee that that person will not hurt the cats. I can not guarantee that the owner or the maintenance people will not turn around and call animal control on the spayed and neutered cats if they come back. The cats are the only good thing I can say about this trailer park (not everyone is bad and some are nice, but the park sucks as a whole). I would wish that I had never moved in here, but then I would not have 2 of my cats that I took in after they were abandoned.
The owner is a slumlord. Look at the condition of the park. If he gave a **** it would not look like this. So on top of worrying about the cats safety, I have to worry about whether or not the park will get shut down and my mother, my 3 inside cats and myself will have shelter. Where would the outside cats go then? My mother is 69 years old and has had 8 heart attacks. I have to worry about her every day. I really actually do give a ****. I am 50 years old and my heart can't take much more of this.
Then to top that off, now it is getting put on me to trap the cats and give them to people that will possibly kill them? Or return them to the park that is not a safe place for outside cats. It isn't just my heart, my head is about to explode. I just do not think that I am capable of trapping cats to get them killed. I am not one of the residents that just wanted to shoot them, but trapping them and getting them euthanized just doesn't seem much different. I would rather euthanize the people that abandoned them and/or the people that would hurt them.
Jim