Getting a New Pet!
The evening when my trapping partner and I were told of a Persian cat loose in the street was not the first time and, unfortunately, will not be the last. We pick up a lot of pedigree and non-pedigree pets from the streets and that is for many reasons.
People may get a kitten and raise it at home with their children. Then when the kitten grows up and turns into season, it becomes noisy and aggressive so they just release it in the streets. They totally ignore the solution to this problem. All they need to do is sterilize the cat and it will, forever, be sweet, quiet and lovely.
Pet shops are another problem. People go to the pet shops and buy their cats from there. They pay a lot of money for a cat that has been sitting in a bird cage, not given proper food, not in contact with people and, definitely, not litter tray trained. The cat is used to doing its business just anywhere. They take it home, give it proper cat food and the first thing that will happen to it is that it will get diarrhea. And since the cat is not litter tray trained you can imagine what will happen. The people know that the pet shop will not take the cat back so their only solution is to release it in the street. The solution to this problem is to avoid pet shops. This will also teach them that if they do not put the cats and dogs in proper conditions they will never be able to sell them.
Feline friends always have a variety of cats that are litter tray trained, vaccinated, sterilized and used to human contact. You only pay a donation fee which covers the cost of their vaccination and sterilization with a big discount. Isn’t it better?
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