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The adoption agency put our cat to sleep and it's all my fault.
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 535052" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>I'm firm believer that for pets the life quality triumphs over lifespan. In fact I see no kill-shelters as a problem, not solution. Life quality for the dog or cat in shelter is not usually that good. They are in small gages most of their time, they don't get enough exercise or activity and in some even the food is not that high quality. Dogs and cats survive in those circumstances but it is not a good life for them. That of course doesn't matter, if the animal is re-homed rather quickly. Month, two months or three months is a short time compared to rest of their lives. But if the animal is very unlikely to be re-homed in reasonable time (if for example they are old, sick, need expensive or burdensome medical care, have behavioural problems or are simply for other reason very difficult to re-home) I think it would be better to euthanatize them. Putting them down doesn't cause them suffering, keeping them alive in situation there their life quality is poor does. </p><p></p><p>And to be honest, at least here there are so many perfectly unproblematic cats available for adoption that it is very, very unlikely that anyone would take a cat with litter box problems. So if I had a cat like that and couldn't keep him myself, I wouldn't even take them to shelter but to the vet and have him put to sleep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 535052, member: 14557"] I'm firm believer that for pets the life quality triumphs over lifespan. In fact I see no kill-shelters as a problem, not solution. Life quality for the dog or cat in shelter is not usually that good. They are in small gages most of their time, they don't get enough exercise or activity and in some even the food is not that high quality. Dogs and cats survive in those circumstances but it is not a good life for them. That of course doesn't matter, if the animal is re-homed rather quickly. Month, two months or three months is a short time compared to rest of their lives. But if the animal is very unlikely to be re-homed in reasonable time (if for example they are old, sick, need expensive or burdensome medical care, have behavioural problems or are simply for other reason very difficult to re-home) I think it would be better to euthanatize them. Putting them down doesn't cause them suffering, keeping them alive in situation there their life quality is poor does. And to be honest, at least here there are so many perfectly unproblematic cats available for adoption that it is very, very unlikely that anyone would take a cat with litter box problems. So if I had a cat like that and couldn't keep him myself, I wouldn't even take them to shelter but to the vet and have him put to sleep. [/QUOTE]
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