r/rescuecats • u/Monkittyruccia22 • Jul 04 '24
Update Post 🤍🕊️Update🕊️We were unable to rescue some yesterday. They are shown below. Rest well little ones. Please keep comments to this post only out of respect for those lost & the communities feelings on this sensitive matter. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤍🕊️
As hard as we try to find rescues to save these kittens & cats it can be nearly impossible when they are all full now. So with very few adoptions there are little to no spaces opening for these poor cats. Unfortunately yesterday was another very sad day for the rescue teams. We even lost very young kittens. Neptune was only weeks old and Pryce only a few months. Not that it matters which ones or how old, none of them deserved this cruel fate. Brighton Talulla Payden & Zuri… were all worth saving! We just didn’t find rescues open. It’s heartbreaking. We need to start finding homes for those in rescues now or it will only get worse. There’s whole families listed now that we have nowhere to place. It’s getting worse and worse, but will still try our best to help them.
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u/Typical_Ad_210 Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24
I know that a lot of people will be very upset and disappointed by this, as all of these cats were precious and deserving of love. Some in particular, such as Zuri and Brighton, captured many people’s heart and were beloved by the r/rescuecats community.
Sadly space is at an absolute premium and we have very little say over who the rescues do and don’t take. So even if a cat is particularly well loved by the community or indeed ourselves (as if often the case!), they make the final decision, based on practical factors like the space they have available, how easily they can rehome it, health concerns, the cat’s temperament, compatibility with other cats, etc.
It can be extremely disappointing and upsetting to see a cat you love be overlooked, and i cried many tears over all of these lost souls, Brighton and Zuri especially, but the rescues are the ones taking on the responsibility for looking after and ultimately rehoming the cats. They know what their adopters are looking for, they know the other cats they have in, the health, temperament and compatibility of each cat. They also have an idea of how well each cat will do in captivity. And this may be for several months. Some cats just shut down and don’t cope with this at all, and the rescues know this. All of these factors play into their decisions. And it’s not fair on anyone for a cat to linger in rescue for months on end, utterly miserable in a foster pen, and the rescue unable to do anything for the other Devore cats needing out until they find a home for this one. Sadly, as much as it breaks our hearts, they have to make some really difficult decisions. Devore has forced them into choosing who lives and who dies, and it’s completely unfair for everyone, especially the cats.
I’m sure people will be disappointed and deeply saddened by the loss of these cats. We are too 😔 Thank you all very much for supporting them so much, it is really heartwarming to see and it enabled the lives that were saved yesterday to get to safety. I’m sorry there was nowhere for these 6 little souls to go 😔 RIP babies, you were loved and you mattered.