Conference misery::feline_v1

1789.0. "Do some people have no heart at all?" by VIDEO::TAYLOR (Me and my lil' pots o' purrs.) Mon Sep 26 1988 12:01

    This weekend has been a tough one.  I have heard so many animal
    abuse stories, it made me sick.  I came very close to adopting two
    new kittens this weekend.  
    
    The first one was Saturday morning.  I was working at the Bolton
    fair when I looked at the Fair Committee booth and saw a box with
    a sign that said "Free Kittens".  Well, of course I just had to
    go over and take a peek.  When I went over and picked up one of
    the kittens, someone said that they had found the kittens in the
    box out in the field.  They couldn't have been more than a couple
    of weeks old, they were flea infested, and they all had worm bellies.
    I felt SO sorry for them.  There were five of them.  One black and
    white, one pure gray, and 3 gray and white.  I told the woman that
    if they weren't adopted by the end of the day, I would take whatever
    was left.  I figured that if I couldn't keep all of them, then I
    could at least find a good home for them.  Well, all of them found
    homes.
    
    The second story I heard Sunday.  I was at the Framingham cat show.
    They had some Animal shelters there with cats and kittens for adoption.
    There was this one calico kitten there that I absolutely fell in love with.
    She was only five weeks old and could fit in the palm of my hand.
    Someone had dropped her off at the shelter when she was only a week
    old.   They had to feed it with an eyedropper.  They didn't think
    it was going to live.  Well, it was doing MUCH better and was ready
    for a home.  I kept going back to see if it had found a home yet.
    I decided that if she didn't have a home by the end of the day,
    I would take her.  She was BEAUTIFUL!  But, at around 3:30, she
    found a home.  
    
    The last story was the worst.  It was about a full grown cat at
    the Framingham humane society.  I CRINGED when I heard it.  Someone
    had found this cat in a bag tied tied to a branch of a tree.  They
    figured that some boys were going to use the bag for batting practice
    because there was a bat close by.  The woman found the cat and brought
    it to the Humane Society.
    
    How can people be so cruel???  This made me SO angry I was ready
    to scream!  How can people abuse such a poor helpless creature like
    that?  Don't they have any heart at all?
    
    I just had to get this off my chest.  Thanks.
    
    Holly
    

    
    
    	Hi  Holly!!
    
    	I AGREE 400%!!!  Everytime I look at Sasha I think,
    	"how can someone abandon or abuse a cute, tiny little
    	thing as a kitten?"  And Brandi too.  Cats (and dogs)
    	want nothing but love and someone to take care of them.
    	And they give that love back 10-fold!!
    
    	I hate hearing about animals being beaten or left somewhere
    	in a box or whatever....brings tears to my eyes when I hear
    	about them.  
    
    	JJ
    

    Holly,
    
    I saw that kitten and the other cats up for adoption at the Framingham
    show yesterday.
    
    It tears at my heart to hear of the abuse stories, and after the
    Ragdoll - THAT'S IT!  I don't think I could buy another cat without
    having a guilty conscience, although there were so many beautiful
    breeds of cats at the show, yours included.
    
    I am so glad the kitten found a home.  In fact, when I left around
    2:00, more than half of the cats brought there by Hopkington Humane
    had been adopted.
    
    /Roberta
    
    
    

    I was also there yesterday.. just visiting.."Pookie said and I quote
    YOU ARE GOING WHERE MUMMY?..just bring home lots of toys only...!!!!
    those little sweeties.. I also could not  believe what I heard..
    .. anyway.. got to see miss vikki E.T.'S  new little baby.. what
    a cutie..
    regards
    kate

    Holly, you are SOOOOO RIGHT.  How can people be SO CRUEL.........!!!!
    
    To just leave kittens in a box not knowing whether they will be
    found or starve to death....AARRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH !!!!!!!!
    
    And to use a cat tied in a bag for batting practice.  How would
    those BEINGS like trading places with the cat??
    
    I'm SO GLAD to hear that the little `callie' found a home.
    
    Sandi (Lightning, DejaVu & Thunder's mom)
    
    

    Let's be grateful that all the stories had a happy ending...this
    time.  It is people like us that are blessed and will be rewarded
    in the end.
    
    Linda

    On second thought, I'm glad I missed the Framingham show -- I don't
    think I could have taken it!  (Saw the Boston INCATS show though...)
    
    Maureen