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Originally Posted by Maven
The local SPCA (I'm not sure they're still affiliated with them; they're in the next county and changed their name) is not a no-kill shelter. We have worked with the local animal control in our county (there's also a Humane Society, but they don't take in new animals), who tried to catch the outdoor cats and kittens at that time, and they did catch some, but they decided to wait for the ones they didn't catch, in hopes they'd gain more trust of us. My boyfriend was supposed to call them back in March, but he didn't. They're handling everything through him. Before this happened, for the past couple of weeks, he's been saying he's going to call them again, but he hasn't said when.
He also promised, when he gets back from his trip, he's going to clean up... like he promised before.
You can call it excuses, but dog fighting is a real problem here. All the advice I see from experts tells you not to use Craigslist or "free to good home" ads.
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If you're responsible, you'll take the time to screen through replies from Craigslist. I agree that you should not just give away your cats to a random "free to good home" ad, but there ARE ways are you ARE making excuses. By letting your boyfriend take care of everything and being totally passive in the process and letting your cats live and DIE at your place the way they are,
you are participating in animal abuse via neglect.
I'm not saying this to try to be hurtful and I do understand this isn't your intention and I know mental illness plays a huge role in this. However, no matter how you look at it, your cats are experiencing animal abuse level of neglect. The line is drawn when your kitten dies from falling because that is NOT normal and can only happen with fading kitten syndrome.