Spay/Neuter please.

Unfortunately, this issue is not limited to cats/dogs; take the horse world, for example. There are so many people breeding out there, that it drives the prices of horses down; in the end, many healthy and usable horses end up going to meat buyers who send the meat off to other countries for consumption. I know that many horsepeople see this as a necessary evil, even a humane way to end the lives of horses who are no longer "useful" or "wanted," but I see it as a cop-out way for people to discard horses that have served them well over the years; and get a little money for doing so, to boot. I know that our horses will never again be bred (my friend bred them before we were able to house them at home) and if/when they are dying of something incurable, they will receive a decent burial here at home.. I hate what humans do to animals.

Funny I should read this thread this morning. I went out on my balcony to have my usual Sunday morning quiet coffee time and looked out to see a very sad sight. There's been a feral female cat living under the porch in the house next door with her two pretty much grown kittens. Mike's been trying to catch them since we moved here (not like Animal Control can do much...in any city there are thousands of feral cats).

Well this morning she's dead in the ditch in front of the house. Likely hit by a car or dead of disease. So as soon as my stomach can stand it I'm off to get the gloves on and remove the remains of this poor creature who was once likely somebody's "beloved" pet. We'll continue to keep trying to catch her babies which are thank goodness long weaned but it just makes me sick to see this lovely black and white kitty dead on the street and not one person will care or mourn her passing.

No cat deserves this. She should have been spayed, she should have been loved, and she sure as heck shouldn't have been out in the night trying to scrounge up some food and ending up under the wheels of a car. Obviously whoever hit her didn't even bother to stop and considering this is a quiet street and they wouldn't have been travelling all that fast, somehow I doubt they didn't feel the bump. Just another cat right? People suck sometimes. :mad:

Oh man Jo, how sad that is. If I were driving and hit a cat like that, I could never just leave the poor thing there.. at least you can give the poor thing a decent burial.
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I signed it as well. I used to work at a vet clinic, and one of the first things I had to do was assit in euthanizing a big beautiful fluffy white cat with a inoperable tumor in her throat.

It was my first time doing this, and the other vet tech and myself were less than skilled. Everytime one of us moved she would jump into someones arms and purr. Finally after about 20 minutes, I told the other vet tech to just give her the shot, she died in my arms.
She had cancer and nothing could be done for her. She would have eventually sufficated from the tumor blocking off her airway, she had already started fainting.
I couldn't even deal with the death of a sick animal that had been loved and cherished, I can't imagine how awful it would be to have to deal with abused ones.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

Unfortunately, this issue is not limited to cats/dogs

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After spending a weekend with Glass, I concur.

-adam

*giggle* I have to agree with that. There is an enormous amount of people I know that shouldn't be allowed to reproduce. Icky...

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

After spending a weekend with Glass, I concur.

-adam

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You bastage!

Well back on topic..This was a sad story to read and its sad how many animals are put to sleep daily. I try not to think about it...

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

*giggle* I have to agree with that. There is an enormous amount of people I know that shouldn't be allowed to reproduce. Icky...

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Jeez Becky, thanks for the support! :irkd: