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"Why won't you love me?"
Eeps! Squee! Ack! Aw! Oh my! The start of summer means the start of kitten season. And right now at the SPCA is at "kitten overload." According to an appropriately all-capped and superfluously exclamation pointed post at sfspcacat.blogspot.com, "We are OVERLOADED with kittens, adult cats and to be quite blunt...WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM!!!!" As of today, the SPCA has 130 cats available for adoption. But we strongly urge you to take in an adult cat. Why? Well, for starters, you don't have to train or housebreak adult felines. Also, since kittens just barely "out-cute" their elders, older cats wait and wait and wait for a loving, safe place to call home. So, if you have a little space, a lot of love, some commonsense, and understand that felines are not accessories, adopt one of these little fellas, won't you? In turn, you will be greatly rewarded. (Seriously, this adoption page will probably make you teary eyed. You've been warned.)
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You've seriously been kitten crazy lately, Brock. Just go ahead. Get one. No one will call you a spinster.
Bean, my cat, won't let me. She will pitch a huge fit.
Or consider being an SPCA foster parent! Just think...you can temporarily have a pile of kittens to swoon over (and it only take two kittens to make a pile, trust me). After they wear you out you can return them to the SPAC to find homes...save teh kittehs!
I love cats too, but that adoption page is full of bad-tempered cats who bite, don't like to be petted and/or may never show themselves in the presence of humans. I had a girlfriend who housesat for a feral rescue lady and those were not pets, they were chores.
I know, I know, cats deserve life as much as the next organism and it's sad that it comes to this, but it's a hard world sometimes.
I dunno about that. Much to the dismay of some, the SPCA is pretty strict about what animals they take from Animal Care and Control. To end up at the SF SPCA they have to demonstrate certain adoptable traits, like not doing the stuff you mentioned. I hear you on feral cats, but this isn't what we're talking about, here, we're talking about SPCA vetted (some might say too strictly vetted, not taking a side, just saying) cats.
There are a ton of animals the SPCA won't take from ACC, (the chore kind) that get offered to other hard working rescue groups, and if that fails, they get euthanized.
Manys, you're right, it is a hard world. And all pets can be a massive pain in the ass. But as far as pains go, the pets you get at the SPCA are going to be more manageable than many out there.
Best caption ever.
I adopted a rescue cat. He is a little bit needy but otherwise as nice as can be.
There seem to be a lot of loose cats out there; is it the economy?
We already took one in off the street earlier this week, code named Miles, to go with our cat Dizzy. No responses from Craiglist, etc; yet.
Rescue animals make great pets. They seem to appreciate their change in circumstance and, other than being a bit needy, as previously noted, they are loving and loyal. I have one, and will take another when the time comes... In the meantime, I urge anyone who is in the market for a pet to adopt an older pet, since kitties and puppies have a much easier go at getting placed.
Wasn't "Kitten Overload" a death metal band from the 80's?