Well, my vet has given me reduced rate but
it is another company altogether who does cremations & there are no
discounts!!! (I’m in NY). And I agree, I would not take in
more cats than I could afford but I don’t think people start out thinking
they’ll take more than they can handle. As for the guy in the
parking lot, well, when I raised some questions to the few people who suggested
him, I got more than a cold response!
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From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Cherie A Gabbert
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:04
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To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Please read this
response!! URGENT:DO NOT USE-KittyKind -CATRESCUE-in Orange, NJ]
I agree to a point, but my vet and the local vets
around here, would take deceased animals and get rid of the bodies for you,
with no cost, and I have made some calls and I have not found an animal
hospital or vet around me that would not take the animal from you.
As for vet cost, if you can not afford it do not do
it.....I have 9 cats now and if I could not afford sick kitties or the vet
bills, I would not have taken them.
I have a humane society (I use that lightly) that is
completly over run, I have often thought about building a facility to house
sick kitties, or last chance cats, the cost of such an endeaver is my only down
fall.....big as it may be..... I have gone into the "humane society"
with cleaning supplies and offered to clean up the kennels and they were
completely appauld me and said it was fine the way it is...let me tell you the
stench is something horried.
If there was a way and I am still looking I would definately
put my money where my mouth is and help more that my 9......
The guy that would only meet you in a parking lot,
needs to be investigated in my opinion that seems a little too fishy.
Cherie
Chris
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Of course, the article
doesn’t really describe the condition of the living cats except that they
were in one room. Certainly it is at the very least odd that someone
would just dump the carcasses but then how much would it have cost to have each
cremated…. And if she couldn’t afford the cremation, I doubt
she could afford the vet bills. I’ve never understood why the vet
schools don’t set up free or low-cost clinics for their students to help
with this situation. It sounds like perhaps this is someone who got in
way over their head… As for mixing ‘sick’ & healthy
cats, does FELV diagnosis automatically constitute
‘sick’…
Believe me, I’m not
trying to make excuses for her but when as I look for a home for my Big Boy,
I’ve talked to any number of people who are clearly in over their
head. One person, highly recommended by several local rescue groups for
taking their FELV cats, refused to tell me where he lived & wanted to meet
me in a parking lot to get Big Boy. Rescue groups apparently meet
him at Petco & give him their FELV kittens. While he said the reason
for not telling me where he was was because people would dump animals made some
sense, I was flabergasted that no legitimate rescue group had ever seen his
home. He might be great but who would ever know!
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From:
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Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:06
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To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: Please read this
response!! URGENT:DO NOT USE-KittyKind -CATRESCUE-in Orange, NJ]
That is no excuse...I am appauld that anyone would
stand up for this individual, she deserves the same treatment she has giving
her supposed "furry friends", If she treats her friends this way I
would hate to be her enemy. I am utterly speechless that anyone would stand up
for her and her organization, I say the volunteers should open a shelter
themselves and Kess should go to jail. KittyKind Ha that is a laugh, like
the roach motel they check in and never check out...I am sick over this I would
like to meet her in a dark alley.
Sorry...usually I am more gentle that this...I am just
so shocked and disgusted.
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