Re: Man traps neighbors cats, takes to shelter

"Kalyahna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Not so quick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > It seems to me that the policy of 'euthenizing', oops
> > I meant killing a cat after a few days is barbaric. Cats
> > that are picked up should be photographed, their
> > pictures put on a website and posted outside of the
> > shelter so that people can easily find them, and maybe
> > a  poster should be put up in the neighborhood where
> > it was picked up.
>
> All incoming strays (held for a full seven days) to our shelter are
> photographed, given revolution, tested for FIV/Felv, given a basic health
> exam, vaccinated for URI/calici, checked for microchips. The photos are
put
> on the website. We don't have the manpower to send people into a city of
> 250,000 people to put up posters on every stray cat. Then add in that
we're
> a -county- shelter, not just a city shelter.
>
> Other posters have gotten the right of it. The owner is ultimately
> responsible to find their wandering cat. We do what we can. We have a book
> for people who come in or call with descriptions of their missing pets,
and
> we call them if we have a potential match. But it isn't our responsibility
> to post pictures on every door for people too lazy or irresponsible to
look
> at the website or drive over.
>
> As for the cats that are euthanized in our shelter? Bite cases. Severely
> ill. Aggressive. Unclaimed cats testing positive for FIV or Felv (though
> there are sanctuaries with which we may work in the future for the healthy
> positives). But it's no one's favorite part of the job. In fact, my boss
> specifically chooses people he KNOWS will give a shit about each and every
> animal put down because it should never be something we do mindlessly or
> without compassion.
>
>

There wouldn't have to be photos on the posters,
just some kind of indication that a cat had been
picked up. It could be done while picking up the cat.
Someone smarter than me could figure out a where
to put the announcement. (maybe some of the people
who do yard sales) It could be in big letters:
      CAT PICKED UP BY ANIMAL CONTROL
and then have little check boxes to indicate color,
size, and age.