"Chuck G." <nospam@nospam> wrote in message >...
> "Rubystars" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> >
> > I don't understand why people do this. If they don't want a dog why not
> just
> > take it to a shelter? Even being put down would be kinder than getting
> > tossed out on the street.
> >
> > The ironic thing was that the people across the street who let little
> > Elizabeth die claimed that she was their "baby." It's pretty sad when you
> > consider they do have kids, I just hope they treat their human babies
> > better.
> >
> > -Rubystars
> >
> >
>
> I had neighbors who got a cat and let it run the neighborhood. I'd always
> find it in my yard or sitting in my window sills. I left a clipping about
> leash laws for cats from our city newsletter in their mailbox hoping that
> they would get the friendly hint. They didn't. I finally called animal
> control and they picked up the cat.
>
> Later that day the woman comes to my door with 2 of her kids in tow asking
> if I was the one who called animal control. I told her "yes" and explained
> why, but she couldn't understand. I asked her:
>
> 1) Why don't you keep the cat inside? She said they couldn't because her
> husband was alergic to cats.
>
> 2) Why don't you keep the cat in the garage? She said they couldn't
> because it got too hot in there.
>
> 3) Why don't you keep the cat on a leash? She said "you can't put a cat on
> a leash".
>
> 4) Why do you even have a cat? She said it's for the kids.
>
> Now that's a person who shouldn't have children, let alone a cat.
> Understandable for their age, but it's ironic that her kids saw me as the
> bad person instead of their mother as the idiot.
>
> - Chuck

That's a sad story too. Did they go to the pound and get their cat
back or was it left there to find a better home?

-Rubystars
-Rubystars