I am currently living with my boyfriend and three cats (two mine, one his) in a 1-bedroom duplex. There's no way we could afford the potential vet bills another cat would bring, we don't have much space, and my boyfriend is already starting to think I'm a crazy cat lady - but still, I want so desperately to give a home to as many as I can. I think about the animals I had as a child that my parents got rid of for stupid reasons (meowing in the morning, got too big, etc) and it breaks my heart to know that most of them probably spent their remaining days in a cold cage before getting euthanized.
How do you cope with this? I could never give a home to every one of them, and people don't seem to be willing to take responsibility for their pets so the problem isn't going to stop. Where do you draw the line, and how do you go every day knowing that these poor creatures are frightened and miserable and then dead? Is there a positive side, or at least a way of framing it so that it's not overwhelmingly depressing?
http://www.rabbit.org/adoption/saying-goodbye.html
How do you cope with this? I could never give a home to every one of them, and people don't seem to be willing to take responsibility for their pets so the problem isn't going to stop. Where do you draw the line, and how do you go every day knowing that these poor creatures are frightened and miserable and then dead? Is there a positive side, or at least a way of framing it so that it's not overwhelmingly depressing?
http://www.rabbit.org/adoption/saying-goodbye.html