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@stuyvesant wrote:
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:My friend looked into getting rid of the stray cats she fed. She just wanted to feed them, but they just got to be more and more cats. The shelters will only take cute cats. Because the shelters say -we don't kill our animals - they only take adoptable pets. And it's not like she can call anyone and say "I'm sorry, I fed a couple of cats, and they multiplied and I can't deal with it anymore.
There are always more cats. She can only do what she can do. I'm sorry
There might be people she could call and say exactly that, though. Hopefully there's a TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program near her to at least help keep the number from growing larger. She might also be able to collect food donations from people at the local pet food shops. She can try reaching out to the humane society in her area, or her state/city/county's department of wildlife, nuisance control, game warden, etc.
These cats are no part of her life She put out food for them, That's it. She's not driven by a belief in life or anything like that. She put out food and now she's overwhelmed. And now there is a bunch of them, There is literally no charity in her area that is going to clean up her cat problem. I don't think that charity exists anywhere in the world. They can't even get her for cat abuse. She just feeds them. So they are not going to take the cats away.
No, nobody's going to take them away. A stray/feral cat community is very difficult to move to another area, unfortunately. There will continue to be more if she doesn't intervene and try to get them spayed/neutered, or try to bring in an organization that will help her with that. Some communities ban feeding stray cats because of situations like these (though I don't agree with that either). Unfortunately, just continuing to put out food won't solve the problem, and stopping putting out food could make it worse unless somebody else in her area takes on feeding them. I'm not talking about anyone "getting her," but whether her own conscience would let her stop feeding them at this point. I can tell you mine would not.
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:My friend looked into getting rid of the stray cats she fed. She just wanted to feed them, but they just got to be more and more cats. The shelters will only take cute cats. Because the shelters say -we don't kill our animals - they only take adoptable pets. And it's not like she can call anyone and say "I'm sorry, I fed a couple of cats, and they multiplied and I can't deal with it anymore.
There are always more cats. She can only do what she can do. I'm sorry
There might be people she could call and say exactly that, though. Hopefully there's a TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program near her to at least help keep the number from growing larger. She might also be able to collect food donations from people at the local pet food shops. She can try reaching out to the humane society in her area, or her state/city/county's department of wildlife, nuisance control, game warden, etc.
These cats are no part of her life She put out food for them, That's it. She's not driven by a belief in life or anything like that. She put out food and now she's overwhelmed. And now there is a bunch of them, There is literally no charity in her area that is going to clean up her cat problem. I don't think that charity exists anywhere in the world. They can't even get her for cat abuse. She just feeds them. So they are not going to take the cats away.
No, nobody's going to take them away. A stray/feral cat community is very difficult to move to another area, unfortunately. There will continue to be more if she doesn't intervene and try to get them spayed/neutered, or try to bring in an organization that will help her with that. Some communities ban feeding stray cats because of situations like these (though I don't agree with that either). Unfortunately, just continuing to put out food won't solve the problem, and stopping putting out food could make it worse unless somebody else in her area takes on feeding them. I'm not talking about anyone "getting her," but whether her own conscience would let her stop feeding them at this point. I can tell you mine would not.
I'm curious about what you said about some communities banning feeding stray cats. I can't see how that would work.
In my friends case, she is taking some of them and releasing them after a drive. She knows this is awful, and is afraid of being in the local paper. Not for herself, she is afraid of her children gaining notoriety because she let this cat thing get out of hand. And, she didnn't do enough cats, just enough to make her feel like a louse, but not enough to solve her problem.
@stuyvesant wrote:
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:My friend looked into getting rid of the stray cats she fed. She just wanted to feed them, but they just got to be more and more cats. The shelters will only take cute cats. Because the shelters say -we don't kill our animals - they only take adoptable pets. And it's not like she can call anyone and say "I'm sorry, I fed a couple of cats, and they multiplied and I can't deal with it anymore.
There are always more cats. She can only do what she can do. I'm sorry
There might be people she could call and say exactly that, though. Hopefully there's a TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program near her to at least help keep the number from growing larger. She might also be able to collect food donations from people at the local pet food shops. She can try reaching out to the humane society in her area, or her state/city/county's department of wildlife, nuisance control, game warden, etc.
These cats are no part of her life She put out food for them, That's it. She's not driven by a belief in life or anything like that. She put out food and now she's overwhelmed. And now there is a bunch of them, There is literally no charity in her area that is going to clean up her cat problem. I don't think that charity exists anywhere in the world. They can't even get her for cat abuse. She just feeds them. So they are not going to take the cats away.
No, nobody's going to take them away. A stray/feral cat community is very difficult to move to another area, unfortunately. There will continue to be more if she doesn't intervene and try to get them spayed/neutered, or try to bring in an organization that will help her with that. Some communities ban feeding stray cats because of situations like these (though I don't agree with that either). Unfortunately, just continuing to put out food won't solve the problem, and stopping putting out food could make it worse unless somebody else in her area takes on feeding them. I'm not talking about anyone "getting her," but whether her own conscience would let her stop feeding them at this point. I can tell you mine would not.
I'm curious about what you said about some communities banning feeding stray cats. I can't see how that would work.
In my friends case, she is taking some of them and releasing them after a drive. She knows this is awful, and is afraid of being in the local paper. Not for herself, she is afraid of her children gaining notoriety because she let this cat thing get out of hand. And, she didnn't do enough cats, just enough to make her feel like a louse, but not enough to solve her problem.
Feeding bans are hard to enforce, as you can imagine. And controversial. But it's an attempt to avoid exactly this sort of scenario (which, as your friend has found, is a no-win).
Please beg your friend not to do that. She's right; it's awful. It's cruel and inhumane. Better she stop feeding them but leave them in their familiar territory. They might starve, but they won't spend weeks terrified and lonely before they do.
@KingstonsMom wrote:
Hey sweet lady!
I saw the cat stalking video where they finally could identify him and it was heartbreaking!
I have to agree with you, most psychopaths (Jeffrey Dahmer, etc.) started with animals before they progressed to children/humans.
Soooo glad they got this sicko off the streets when they did!
When he gets out, I hope he's monitored somehow, he's not going to change, but his victims might.
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:
@WenGirl42 wrote:
@stuyvesant wrote:My friend looked into getting rid of the stray cats she fed. She just wanted to feed them, but they just got to be more and more cats. The shelters will only take cute cats. Because the shelters say -we don't kill our animals - they only take adoptable pets. And it's not like she can call anyone and say "I'm sorry, I fed a couple of cats, and they multiplied and I can't deal with it anymore.
There are always more cats. She can only do what she can do. I'm sorry
There might be people she could call and say exactly that, though. Hopefully there's a TNR (Trap, Neuter, Release) program near her to at least help keep the number from growing larger. She might also be able to collect food donations from people at the local pet food shops. She can try reaching out to the humane society in her area, or her state/city/county's department of wildlife, nuisance control, game warden, etc.
These cats are no part of her life She put out food for them, That's it. She's not driven by a belief in life or anything like that. She put out food and now she's overwhelmed. And now there is a bunch of them, There is literally no charity in her area that is going to clean up her cat problem. I don't think that charity exists anywhere in the world. They can't even get her for cat abuse. She just feeds them. So they are not going to take the cats away.
No, nobody's going to take them away. A stray/feral cat community is very difficult to move to another area, unfortunately. There will continue to be more if she doesn't intervene and try to get them spayed/neutered, or try to bring in an organization that will help her with that. Some communities ban feeding stray cats because of situations like these (though I don't agree with that either). Unfortunately, just continuing to put out food won't solve the problem, and stopping putting out food could make it worse unless somebody else in her area takes on feeding them. I'm not talking about anyone "getting her," but whether her own conscience would let her stop feeding them at this point. I can tell you mine would not.
I'm curious about what you said about some communities banning feeding stray cats. I can't see how that would work.
In my friends case, she is taking some of them and releasing them after a drive. She knows this is awful, and is afraid of being in the local paper. Not for herself, she is afraid of her children gaining notoriety because she let this cat thing get out of hand. And, she didnn't do enough cats, just enough to make her feel like a louse, but not enough to solve her problem.
Feeding bans are hard to enforce, as you can imagine. And controversial. But it's an attempt to avoid exactly this sort of scenario (which, as your friend has found, is a no-win).
Please beg your friend not to do that. She's right; it's awful. It's cruel and inhumane. Better she stop feeding them but leave them in their familiar territory. They might starve, but they won't spend weeks terrified and lonely before they do.
I can't imagine any scenario where starving isn't going to be terrifying. The fact is, there's a lot of talk about no kill shelters, but there are no shelters at all that will help my friend.
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