Susan Cook wrote in a message to Joan Kelly:
 SC> Thank you for writing this. I was afraid that I was the only one
 SC> aghast at the message she wrote. I love cats too.. and kittens are
 SC> so adorable but as a receptionist at the local SPCA Hospital, and a
 SC> volunteer in the shelter, it's heartbreaking to see the pile of
 SC> euthanised bodies piled up in the cremation room. It's
 SC> heartbreaking to walk past cages filled with unwanted cats and
 SC> dogs, who are afraid, sick and crying. I understand the lure of a
 SC> tiny kitten, I have fostered more than 1 myself.. but as you said..
 SC> the rate at which cats multiply is frightening. The number of cats
 SC> people unleash on the world because they can't be bothered to fix
 SC> them, or want to see "just one litter" is staggering. Maybe our
 SC> friend should go down to her local shelter some time and see what
 SC> her and other's refusal to spay and neuter comes down to. 
I have mentioned this exchange with a few other people, and have received 
unanimous agreement with the spay/neuter situation.  I didn't even get into 
the difficulties arising from interbreeding cats.  Anyway, thanks for your 
support.  I have never been in the situation you describe, and I don't think 
I could manage it.
Joan
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