If you find a stray cat…
We have received many calls and emails lately from people wanting to turn in cats. Unfortunately, like most shelters we are full to capacity and as a private shelter we have very limited resources.
Should you find a stray or have a cat of your own that you want to place, please take those cats to PAACA or PAWS. They have a fairly good record on adoptions and do make every effort to place cats.
If you think a cat would be better living on the street than being taken to a shelter and possibly euthanized, think again. The average life-span for a stray cat on the street is three years, maximum. During that period of time they starve, are riddled with illness, get hit by cars, are tortured by teenagers.
It is far kinder to take a cat to a shelter than to leave it on the street. We urge you to help take responsibility for the over-population of domestic pets which would not be on the streets if not for people. Sometimes saving a cat means saving them from a fate worse than a painless euthanasia.
---Victoria Brownworth