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- From: barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel)
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- Subject: Re: Neutering question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.223704.6260@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 22:37:04 GMT
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- In <1992Nov17.150648.24012@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> ren@Turing.ORG (Karen Prestemon) writes:
- >Agreed. We adopted a kitten from the animal shelter, and my husband
- >at the time said that if anything happened to her that would require
- >great medical expense, then we would put her to sleep and get another
- >one. Its not that I don't love my kitten, and its not that I think
-
- Personally I feel that if money is SO tight that you can't afford 33 cent cans
- of cat food because you need to save that money for bills or your own food then
- I don't think you can afford to have a cat. Cats involve not only food but
- the expense of shots and possibly several regular visits to the vet which are
- bound to cost money. The idea that I can get a cat for my own enjoyment and
- keep it as long as the cat is healthy, but as soon as the cat has a medical
- problem or starts to cost too much...we'll just kill it. Not "put it down" kill
- it is more appropriate. You "put down" animals that are terminally ill or
- suffering due to extreme old age....you kill animals that could be helped
- but you refuse to for whatever the reasons. I think that it is extremely
- irresponsible to take on the committment of an animal if you already know that
- you may not be able to cover the expenses.
-
- the cat would be better off staying at the shelter and have the chance of
- getting a family that can care for all its needs.
- Jen (and Zeb also a shelter cat)
-