Starving Kitten: AKA...What the Hell Is Wrong With People?

[Knorf]

Also, yes, cats shit, but you don't need to let them outside for them to do it, nor do you have to pick up big stinking globs of shit.

What, you just let it pile up around the house?

Or do you have a magic shit incineration device?

And I've never met a cat who had anything approaching the funk most dogs do on a regular basis.

Confirmation bias.

Cats stink. Dogs stink. People stink. Especially when not bathed.

 

[Cat Whisperer]

We're in the middle of kitten season (there may be more than one in a year - that I don't know). We had a news story last week about our humane society shelter being full of kittens, too, and won't some people come adopt some of these adorable little fuzzballs (with the "Before we kill them" being left unsaid). I was in a pet store recently too, and it was also full of adorable little fuzzballs.

 

[Chessic Sense]

You wouldn't pity the cat? or feel bad for the cat? I'd feel bad even for a jerk like you if you were tortured or mistreated.

It doesn't matter if I feel bad or not. That's not the point. Go back and read my first post. I didn't say that I get pissed off by people that like kittens. I get pissed off by people that think it's some objective truth that kittens deserve to be saved. I like some animals (guinea pigs! ) and will gladly stomp on some others (spiders ), but at least I recognize that it's subjective and not fair to the animals. I realize that I like some animals because they're cute and fluffy and dislike others because they're creepy and crawly. And I realize that that's the ONLY reason I think that way.

Then you get all these people that go "Aww, how could you let this widdle puddy tat just DIE, you heartless bastard!" when the answer is obvious- the person hates cats! And there's nothing wrong with that. They don't think they're cute and fluffy. Something about the cat doesn't set off their "I should rescue this" response. But the criticizer would look at you bizzarely if you said the same thing about a millipede or a raccoon, or hell, an adult cat.

The OP found a good home for the cat? Good. I'm happy for her. I'm happy for the new mom. I'm happy for anyone that comes into contact with the cat and has their day brightened. The cat, though? Couldn't give a shit.

Starving Kitten: What the Hell is Wrong with People? Answer: Nothing.

 

[fuji]

This, coming from the guy who took others to task for using deadly force in response to home intruders, is mighty fucking rich.

The difference being, a home intruder doesn't enter the home to confront the owners in 99.9% of the instances it happens* - unless you can provide independently verified figures confirming otherwise? - whereas a stranger entering the circle of a dog-walker uninvited can be seen as a direct threat.

You stupid, stupid man.

Quoting from the same source where you obtained your stats above:

Originally Posted by Ivan's rectum

Research has shown that 99.9% of the people going about their daily business who happen to encounter someone walking a dog do not initate an assault against the dog-owner in question. For purposes of this study, merely walking within 2 meters of the dog-owner is not considered an assault.

By way of contrast, oddly enough, home intruders are near universally seen as direct threats by the victims whose houses they burgle.

 

[Wile E]

Re: Kitten season. Cats are seasonal polyestrous, they will start coming into heat when the weather warms up. And they will continue to do so until they have a litter and then start over again after those kittens are weaned. It slows down during the hottest parts of the summer, picks up a little in the fall, then drops way off in the winter. But spring is the biggest season for kittens.

 

[ivan astikov]

By way of contrast, oddly enough, home intruders are near universally seen as direct threats by the victims whose houses they burgle.

Except when the homes are unoccupied, ie, in the vast percentage of burglaries, you mean?

Silly, silly woman.

 

[Shot From Guns]

Also, yes, cats shit, but you don't need to let them outside for them to do it, nor do you have to pick up big stinking globs of shit.

What, you just let it pile up around the house?

Or do you have a magic shit incineration device?

Scooping up a dried clump of litter-crusted shit is not the same thing as picking up a big stinking glob of shit off of grass, dirt, or a sidewalk, which is my point. (And you can even buy litter boxes that will do that part for you, so all you have to do is empty a bag or container.)

And I've never met a cat who had anything approaching the funk most dogs do on a regular basis.

Confirmation bias.

That expression doesn't mean what you think it does.

My point is that I, personally, am not bothered by generic-cat-smell. I do not, however, appreciate generic-dog-smell.

Still amused by everyone who sees my personal preferences as an attack on their pwecious widdle puppieeeeeees.

 

[jsgoddess]

I think the attitude that the only way to solve 'pet overpopulation' is for all people to sterilize their adult dogs and cats is ridiculously glib. This blog post sums up how I feel pretty well.

Seriously? A blog post that says:

As an aside, this attitude [to spay and neuter to avoid overpopulation] is very much one of this country, not others. My brother-in-law comes from Italy; there virtually no dogs are sterilized and, except in the very poor areas where nobody controls much of anything, there are few if any unwanted puppies.

Really?

[QUOTE]Similar attacks have occurred elsewhere in southern Italy, where there are an estimated 600,000 stray dogs.[/QUOTE]

I hope that doesn't sum up the level of effort this person put into their research.

 

[Shot From Guns]

Psh, that's southern Italy. Clearly, a poor area where no one controls much of anything.

 

[Cat Whisperer]

I hope that doesn't sum up the level of effort this person put into their research.

I think that person likes to do a certain thing (have purebred dogs) and reasons back from that.

 

[LouiseE]

There's a kitten season?

Yes. It's when the outside temperature is warm enough that newborn kittens won't freeze to death. That is when the shelters also get flooded with them, because they didn't freeze to death as the mother's previous litter, born in (for example) early January would have.

 

[Lynn Bodoni]

And as for taking it to the Humane Society...during kitten season that's pretty much a not-so-funny joke. Every shelter I contacted was at capacity.

My local Humane Society used to have Mother's Day specials in May...adopt one feline, get a second one at no additional cost. The last time we adopted a cat there, we found two that we liked, and I jokingly asked if they were having a buy one get one free sale. To my surprise, they were ready to make a deal. I guess this was because they were overflowing, and also because I wanted to adopt an adult cat as well as a kitten. But yes, it was springtime, and they had plenty of kittens as well as adult cats.

I've done my share of taking cats to the Humane Society, and I hope I never have to do so again...but if I have to, I have to. It's better than letting an animal die of thirst/starvation/getting run over.

 

[fachverwirrt]

Psh, that's southern Italy. Clearly, a poor area where no one controls much of anything.

Oddly, it's true that the stray dogs seem to be limited to the south. In the north it's cats (at least in Tuscany).