tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965336832188998669.post6016616485460653110..comments2024-03-05T19:36:14.513-05:00Comments on Bunny's Blog: Four Facts You Should Know About Cats & SheltersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452406596865831252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965336832188998669.post-91278205077063388092012-10-25T20:46:28.306-04:002012-10-25T20:46:28.306-04:00Connie - I agree that the problem with stray and f...Connie - I agree that the problem with stray and feral cats starts with people who do not spay/neuter their pets. The reality is there are millions of cats in shelters and millions of cats in the streets. Low cost spay/neuter programs are necessary to reduce the number of kittens born each year. Only then do we stand a chance of finding forever homes for all the cats out there. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452406596865831252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965336832188998669.post-86063288750789800822012-10-24T13:34:52.973-04:002012-10-24T13:34:52.973-04:00I am even luckier to be in the rare position to vo...I am even luckier to be in the rare position to volunteer at an open admission shelter that takes it's survival rate very seriously. Their adoption rates rival most no kill shelters.<br /><br />#1 is true with exceptions. You need to know the reputation of the shelter and how they operate. There are open admission shelters with wonderful success rates in this country. There are also closed admission (aka no kill shelters) that can pick and choose which animals come to them and still their adoption rates are low and the kitties end up in hoarding or near hoarding states.<br /><br />#2 While not an admirable statistic, I would not want to see what lives these kitties would live if left on their own. In the US, a companion animal is killed every eight seconds, so if all of a sudden we stopped bringing these cats and dogs to the shelter where would they go? What kind of tax on their environment would they bring. Feral colonies that are manageable now would not be for long. Also there are many cats who die and no one ever knows. Either they are eaten by larger predators, or they die off the beaten path. To say for certain more cats die in shelters seems a little... well ambitious.<br /><br />I hate that we have to kill any companion animal. it would be nice if there were homes for them all, or fertile lands for the feral, where hey could live out their lives in peace, but there isn't. There are people who are not fans (to put it nicely) of free roaming animals and there are dangers both man made and from nature. I do not think it is optimal to euthanize, I do think it is necessary at this time, but will continue to work to help people understand we can get to a point where it doesn't have to be.<br /><br />And it isn't a matter of convincing people to not bring cats to shelters, it is a matter of convincing people to neuter their pets before their first litter. Connie - Tails from the Foster Kittenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01127077337743262149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965336832188998669.post-44901029226558181292012-10-24T12:27:10.497-04:002012-10-24T12:27:10.497-04:00thats one thing about recuse here they don't k...thats one thing about recuse here they don't kill a cat if they are healthy unless they have to including feralsLittle Miss Titchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456038281813066947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965336832188998669.post-72972578683423206952012-10-24T12:24:27.085-04:002012-10-24T12:24:27.085-04:00We're so lucky to be in the rare position to v...We're so lucky to be in the rare position to volunteer at a no-kill shelter. But then there's the one across the city that's high kill. It breaks our hearts - and we see the toll it takes on the volunteers over there too....<br /><br />No, people need to understand that dumping a cat at a shelter is most likely a death sentence.A Tonlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08088764837982515116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965336832188998669.post-23353918669693108792012-10-23T13:17:37.069-04:002012-10-23T13:17:37.069-04:00mom used to volunteer for the local humane society...mom used to volunteer for the local humane society. their save rate for cats is terrible. mom tells anyone who says they are taking a cat there that the chances of it being adopted are slim - no matter what they tell you over the phone. it is sad....Random Felineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591546634183113556noreply@blogger.com