This kitten can't be more than 2 months old. She was just sitting there trying to figure out where she was and which way to go when my husband went out to get her after the 'ladies' left. About 15 minutes later the county came by mowing the weeds on the sides of the road. They do this about twice a year. If my husband hadn't seen these 'ladies' dump this poor baby she could have been killed. To dump an 8 week old kitten on the side of the road in the country is just the same as murder in my book. What were you thinking?!?!?!
Dear Readers, please, if you want to give up a pet, take it to the shelter. Most of them will wave the surrendering fee if you can not afford to pay it. Do Not Dump Your Pet on the side of the road in the country. You may think, oh, its in the country, a farmer will take it in or it can hunt for its food. I can guarantee you that 95% of the pets dumped in the country will die. Either from exposure, starvation, being hit by a car, or, yes, even shot by the farmer you thought would take it in. If you dump your pet on the side of the road, you are a murderer!
Seriously, how is an 8 week old little kitten supposed to survive? We have coyotes out here. We've seen one running through our yard just this week. 8 week old kitten equals meal to a coyote. Most farmers will shoot stray dogs they see running on their property. For all they know it could be the dog YOU dumped that is killing their chickens.
Several years ago on New Years Eve we received a phone call from a person who said someone dumped a kennel with a dog who had just given birth in a trailer park where they live. We dropped everything to go out and meet these people to save this mother and her pups. Turns out the people who called were really the owners of the dog. They told us they lied because they didn't think we would take them if they told us they owned the dog. Click on the photo below to see the WOI News Story about this.
Please, I'm begging here, if you can not keep your pet, no matter what the reason, please take it to a shelter or a rescue. Do not drive them out to the country and dump them. Give them every chance they can get to find a new home.
By the way...this kitten is available for adoption if you are interested. We have been calling her Lucky.
Be Well & Be Happy,
Pet~Pourri
To those same pet dumping peeps... would you drop your kid out there when your tired of them too? You make the same commitment to that new puppy or kitty that you do to a newborn child IT IS NO DIFFERENT! You think they are just pets but they have feelings too... ripped away from their mommy to come live with you is bad enough but then to "not have time anymore" shamefull!
ReplyDeleteSame thing happened to us a few weeks ago. We live in the country and someone dumped a kitten in the weeds in front of our house. Lucky for this kitten they picked the right house and he has a great home :) When we found him he was lost and scared and his ears were sun burned. He wouldn't have made it for long out here, thats for sure!
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