idiots!!!!!!!!

a coworker comes in this morning and announces, "hey, my cat's in labor! anybody want a kitten?"

so i ask, "why are breeding kittens?" of course, the answer is the usual stupid reasoning and excuses. here's a few i've heard:

• we didn't get her fixed because she never goes out of the house. well, except that one time she got loose.......
• she's a pure bred and we wanted to breed her. i mean, this litter won't be pure breeds so we'll give them away.... but i might want to bred her so we're not getting her fixed after this litter!
• we meant to get her fixed.
• we thought our son's cat was a boy, until we found them mating

etc..... this doesn't even include those jackasses with male pets who are not fixed and roam the neighborhood. i've had people say, "who cares? it's not like he's going to bring a litter home!"

here's why everyone needs to spay/neuter their pets:

"Although precise data is not available, it is estimated that 5-10 million American pets are taken in by shelters and rescue groups each year. Of which, 3-4 million are euthanized by often under funded animal care and control organizations, as a heartbreaking way to manage the numbers of homeless and unwanted pets in our society. Additionally, these statistics do not take into account the many free roaming and feral animals (estimated to be in the tens of millions) that fend for themselves in our neighborhoods."

every time one of you idiots lets your dog or cat have a litter, you say, "oh, i found them all good homes!" that may be the case, but those are homes that could have taken an animal from a shelter. and do you really know you found them good homes? a litter of 10 kittens will go to 10 homes. are you sure no one is abusing them? are they all being taken to the vet, being fed and loved? if someone changes their mind about the puppy you gave them, are you going to take it back?

here's the link for a great group that is trying to do something about the problem with pet overpopulation.