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- From: vleppert@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Valerie Leppert)
- Subject: Re: A moral dilemma
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- In article <1i0cedINNbjt@sumax.seattleu.edu> sstover@sumax.seattleu.edu ( Wilde Dame) writes:
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- >Bringing an adult cat into a shelter usually gives it, at best, 50/50 odds
- >for survival wherein the death, if not adopted by a certain date, is
- >completely unavoidable for the cat, who cannot defend his/herself. Combining
- >that fact with the drastic change in lifestyle for the cat, I can't condone
- >it.
- >--
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- The exception is the no kill shelter. We adopted a 12 year old cat from one.
- He had been there *four* years, and to tell you the truth, I think he missed
- it for a while. He is an extremely sociable cat. The shelter lets the cats
- roam freely in the house, gives them excellent medical care, and has
- volunteers come in regularly to pet and play with them. I think this is a
- valid alternative for the d them or litters of housecats where the owners
- failed to take responsibility for the kittens or spaying the mother. I think
- the shelter was addressing this problem by educating potential owners,
- offering rebates for neutering the animal, and making suprise visits to new
- owners.
-
- Valerie
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