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. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤍🕊️

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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/beatissima Jul 04 '24

Ban kill shelters.

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u/baajo Jul 04 '24

Open a rescue then. The problem isn't kill shelters, it's too many cats and not enough places to take them.

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u/MimiWalburga Jul 04 '24

Of course kill shelters are part of the problem. If they were banned, there'd be pressure to find another, better solution to the now evident problem. But as it is, the problem is contained within shelter walls and can be easily ignored.

Also, many of the trapped cats were living the life of an independent stray. They weren't a problem, until someone brought them to the shelter and made them one. Of course kill shelters are part of the problem!

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u/jujubee516 Jul 04 '24

Why are people just trapping cats and bringing them to a kill shelter? It's absolutely infuriating. Also, I think that trapping cats normally require some special equipment and knowledge but I don't think TNR ppl would knowingly bring them in right? Release is the key part. God just thinking about how scared the cats are than just being killed breaks my heart so much. What can we do? I really want to do something even if it's calling or emailing. This is tragic. They can live long lives outside.