I mean really, how far?
Now that it's kitten season I seem to be searching the area classifieds every day looking for urgent cases of cats & kittens in need. Nothing seems to bring out the worst in people other than the cats they don't want having kittens they don't want.
And I am still traumatized from learning an in-law had her husband shoot all their kittens simply because they didn't want them (I reported them, nothing happened.)
We already have a foster cat and her four babies upstairs and the closest shelter is 2 hours away so their expenses are coming out of our pockets, including the momma's spay when the kittens are weaned.
But yesterday I saw an ad where two momma cats (who happen to be mother and daughter) and their 8 babies between them need a home, or their owner will euthanize all of them. The ad just about made me cry. I can't bear that kind of heartlessness.
The problem is, I already got involved in this situation by sending the owner an e-mail, and, without realizing, the people actually live quite far away and it requires a ferry to get there. They seem to want to get rid of the cats asap, but the babies are only two weeks old. I don't know if they are willing to keep them longer. And I wouldn't be able to pick them up from June 5th - the 17th. This situation looks like it will be really difficult, I'm not sure how we will manage it. I'm also worried about the stress of the travel on the mother cats and their babies. Although our current foster came from over an hour away, that journey didn't involve boats. I really want to help them though. I know I can't save them all, but 10 lives is a lot to lose, and they don't deserve to die just because they are alive.
Although the shelter that is 2 hours away seems to be willing to help us find them foster homes, my husband is still reluctantly drawn into all of this. He doesn't like the idea of 17 cats being in our home. He also doesn't like the idea of the journey it will take to get there.
What would you do? And what do you think I should do? Any advice would be appreciated.
Now that it's kitten season I seem to be searching the area classifieds every day looking for urgent cases of cats & kittens in need. Nothing seems to bring out the worst in people other than the cats they don't want having kittens they don't want.
And I am still traumatized from learning an in-law had her husband shoot all their kittens simply because they didn't want them (I reported them, nothing happened.)
We already have a foster cat and her four babies upstairs and the closest shelter is 2 hours away so their expenses are coming out of our pockets, including the momma's spay when the kittens are weaned.
But yesterday I saw an ad where two momma cats (who happen to be mother and daughter) and their 8 babies between them need a home, or their owner will euthanize all of them. The ad just about made me cry. I can't bear that kind of heartlessness.
The problem is, I already got involved in this situation by sending the owner an e-mail, and, without realizing, the people actually live quite far away and it requires a ferry to get there. They seem to want to get rid of the cats asap, but the babies are only two weeks old. I don't know if they are willing to keep them longer. And I wouldn't be able to pick them up from June 5th - the 17th. This situation looks like it will be really difficult, I'm not sure how we will manage it. I'm also worried about the stress of the travel on the mother cats and their babies. Although our current foster came from over an hour away, that journey didn't involve boats. I really want to help them though. I know I can't save them all, but 10 lives is a lot to lose, and they don't deserve to die just because they are alive.
Although the shelter that is 2 hours away seems to be willing to help us find them foster homes, my husband is still reluctantly drawn into all of this. He doesn't like the idea of 17 cats being in our home. He also doesn't like the idea of the journey it will take to get there.
What would you do? And what do you think I should do? Any advice would be appreciated.