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[quote=Nyororin;832811]I didn`t say that Misericordias WAS an awful person - just that chances are they will be thought of as one for this... And that there isn`t really any easy way to get around it.



(Cats in Japan tend to be thought of as closer to pests than pets in most situations. People who have pet cats generally simply feed a cat who lives outdoors - a step away from being a stray. Or they have a very expensive purebred.
It is extremely difficult to find homes for mixed breed cats. Adoption from pet shelters is virtually unheard of. Not that they don`t try to find homes for the cats, but as homes accepting pets are so few it ends up being a futile effort. There also tends to be a huge problem with feral cats, which only strengthens the image of mixed breed cats not being pets. NYRORORIN.)



thank goodness that here in Britain we do have many animal charities.

homes are found where possible-- they have to be checked out. It is essential to neuter these animals and cats can produce far too many kittens. No doubt many have to be put to sleep.
A friend of mine in Australia-- helps out at cat rescue-- they try to catch roaming cats and then have them neutered.


Its when animals are not neutered that we end up with far too many of them so the public need to be educated about it.

(Taking the cat to a shelter is a death sentence - I believe that the figure was 0.3% of animals put into a shelter are adopted.

(Too many people take on pets irresponsibly. I really believe that this was a hugely irresponsible decision on Misericordias` part. An awful person? No. But very irresponsible, and this WILL effect how people think of them. The attention levels the kitten needs may have been a surprise, but surely the fact that Misericordias is a student, and wants to travel around Japan should not have been. ) Nyrororin


(Therefore it was up to the person who gave him the cat to ask the right questions and not to allow him to have the cat in the first place) If people make judgements on a person because they acted impulsively and irresponsibly then they should ask them selves How Perfect they are. Its all too easy to judge others. we learn in life and we all make mistakes-- hopefully we learn from them rather than repeat them.

who are we to judge others?

thnak goodness A good home has been found. By the way I do worry about the welfare of animals in Japan.

Here in UK we love Moggies-- (mixed breed cats) as much as any others.

Pedigree cats can cost a lot of money-- same with dogs or even horses-- I worry about welfare of horses very much.


Japan used to have a very bad name re caring for their pets. I do hope things have improved. sadly also here we have many people who abuse animals a lot------------ dog fighting etc.

Please forgive my bad editing-- I still have not got the knack of taking sections of quotations.