A friend of mine -- Mitch Wagner, who may be remembered from Table Talk -- got blackballed from cat adoption agencies in San Francisco because he answered truthfully that he'd
consider
declawing. Not only did they refuse to give him a kitten, they called other shelters to warn them against him. I expect less Left-Coastish shelters may have a more forgiving policy.
Still, there are enough crazy cat ladies/animal hoarders/ shady animal research suppliers out there that I don't blame shelters for putting in some elementary spot-checking.
I got my cat from the pound, because my friend who worked at the ASPCA told me to -- I actually saved his life, as opposed to getting a cat from a no-kill shelter or rescue organization. Needless to say, they didn't ask much.
This IS the pound!!!!
I am hoping when I actually get there, they won't ask much. Of course, I am also afraid I will see my kitty, if he hasn't already been euthanised, so I am reluctant to go. The only way I can deal is if I sort of don't think about it much, otherwise I get very weepy.
A friend of mine -- Mitch Wagner, who may be remembered from Table Talk -- got blackballed from cat adoption agencies in San Francisco because he answered truthfully that he'd consider declawing. Not only did they refuse to give him a kitten, they called other shelters to warn them against him. I expect less Left-Coastish shelters may have a more forgiving policy.
We were barred from adopting a cat from the Durham (NC) Animal Shelter because we mentioned that we already had an indoor/outdoor kitty. I spoke with the general manager, who kept saying, "It's just a different paradigm." Their refusal to allow us to adopt the kitty was cc'ed to the Orange County Animal Shelter, too, presumably to keep us from adopting a cat in Chapel Hill, too.
I should point out that at the time, neither shelter was a no-kill shelter (and I don't know if this is still the case), and the cat we were interested in was at the end of its allotted time. In other words, we were forbidden to adopt a cat because they considered our environment to have a higher risk of sudden death than one afforded to an indoor kitty, but they were going to destroy the cat in another week's time.
Just writing about that brings back a lot of anger. I still hate those dipshits.
I think that Sophia should get a bunny instead.
That's terrible, Corwood.
I hear that bunnies aren't as cuddly as cats! And I like cuddly animals-- this is actually why I want to go to a shelter, as I want to see the animals first. But I think bunnies are as cute as a cute thing.
Also that is horrible, Corwood. It makes me angry, too. And frankly, that is why I fear being blackballed myself for calling animal control on my own cat, despite the circumstances (and frankly, really obvious scars. My legs and arms are going to be pretty scary for quite awile, I think)
One of my old bandmates had a bunny that was very, very cute. It did nothing but sit in its cage, though, with occasional outings to sit in the grass. Now that I think about it, my sister had a bunny after I went off to college, and it was much the same.
