Re: RE: cats & horses

["Kristine Hammond" <tinka@reno.quik.com>]

Bob,
Are you a widely traveled person?  I know eating habits around the world
vary, but was unaware "feline" was on the menu here in the United States!
Kriss
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Morris <bobmorris@rmci.net>
To: Kristine Hammond <tinka@reno.quik.com>; TddWil@aol.com <TddWil@aol.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 5:14 PM
Subject: RC: RE: cats & horses


>Here in Idaho I have seen bumper stickers that read 'THE OTHER WHITE
>MEAT---CAT"
>
>Of course they are referring to Mt. Lion and it is quite good so the
smaller
>ones could be rather tender.
>
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kristine Hammond [mailto:tinka@reno.quik.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 5:15 PM
>To: TddWil@aol.com
>Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC: cats & horses
>
>
>Dear Shelly,
>The part I didn't add was that our local SPCA is 25 miles from here and has
>no cat facilities-they are put to death on arrival.  Our local SPCA has
only
>dog and barnyard capabilities.  So-I might as well shoot them as take them
>to the SPCA, and save myself a 50 mile round trip.  Maybe I will just have
>to be "not hard on myself if I can't help them"
>Kriss
>-----Original Message-----
>From: TddWil@aol.com <TddWil@aol.com>
>To: tinka@reno.quik.com <tinka@reno.quik.com>
>Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 4:23 PM
>Subject: Re: RC: cats & horses
>
>
>>I thought we had a problem here, but compared to 80 cats my problem is
>small
>>potatoes. I have a humane trap and all "wild" (feral) cats are taken to
the
>>SPCA. I figure a humane death is better than how they have to live and die
>>uncared for. Also, we did have a rabid cat bite people in a nearby town.
He
>>was a stray that people fed but no one took the responsibility to have him
>>vaccinated for rabies. The humane society in the neighboring county is
>>no-kill, but they have 60 cats and are more than full. I currently have 2
>>cats that the previous neighbor threw out, 1 that the people down the
>street
>>didn't want, and 3 kittens I hope to find homes for. My favorite is the
>>kitten a feral female hid and I found, I took him home and bottle fed him
>so
>>he wouldn't end up wild and reproducing. They are all neutered when they
>are
>>old enough and at the bare minimum they are vaccinated for rabies. The
>>frustrating part is that the problem is never going to end as long as the
>>*&^&^$$%'s keep dumping the poor animals. Then someone else has to play
the
>>"heavy" and make life and death decisions. Good luck and don't be hard on
>>yourself if you can't help them all.
>>
>>               Shelly in DE
>>
>>
>
>
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