Congratulations to Ann Rese for being the lucky winner of the custom 18” x 24” oil portrait of her pet by artist Barbara Wurden.
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I have to take issue with your comment that we “do a lousy job of adopting”. From October 15 to date, we have found homes for 117 cats and kittens. That isn’t lousy, at least not for the 117 cats and kittens that now have forever homes.
That’s wonderful but you must understand that you rejected me and many other qualified applicants because of a NON-negotiable policy you have. You run a homeless shelter for animals how can you possibly have a non-negotiable policy. I’ve heard many stories over the past few months about pets being denied loving homes because of these policies to the point that these shelters are overrun with animals.
My cat Charlie would be a very unhappy cat if I forced him to stay indoors. He has herpes (from the breeder) and this condition flares up when under stress. If I lock him up he gets stressed out. He’s been living in and out of my house since he was a kitten (6 years) and he’s thriving.
Dee even you take care of a cat that travels outside between its home and yours? You don’t have to explain that one I’m just glad you treat that cat as if it’s your own.
My biggest wish is that someone would do something to change the non-negotiable polices within animal shelters. For Gods sake let the animals experience life.
Yes, I care for a cat that goes out, and I also know first hand that a cat that wants to go out because it came from outside can be a very unhappy cat. However, with a new adoption, especially a kitten, you have the opportunity to have a happy indoor only cat, as you say you want with your new kitten.
Unfortunately, “experiencing life” often means an early death. Keeping cats indoors is safer for so many reasons, and is a basic policy of most private shelters and rescues. The municipal shelters usually can’t afford to maintain such a policy in the face of the overwhelming numbers of abandoned cats they are forced to accept.
Unfortunately, I think we will have to agree to disagree on this issue, and I’m sorry it had to come up during this fundraiser. Thank you again for moving forward with the event.
The two cats that lived with me before the ones I currently have lived full lives of 14 and 16 years. I allowed them the freedom to bask in the sun on the front porch and roll in dirt in the front yard at their leisure but they were primarily indoor cats.
As for keeping cats indoors as being safer is pointless in my opinion. Why not lock up children for fear they might have an early death by experiencing life. Simply put life in dangerous outside the safety of home. Yes the analogy seems silly but the point is the same.
It’s clear you’re choosing to hold onto ridiculous rules and policies instead of doing something to make a difference. I think you can look at me realize I’m a person who takes great care of her animals and was deserving of adopting one of your homeless cats.