Kittens! Northern California Kittens in need of HOMES!!! Signal boost!
I received email today from an old co-worker who is involved with feral cat colony care and cat rescues to the effect that there are I guess at least 60-80 little kittens in the Northern California (Hayward specifically) area in need of homes. I'm willing to put anyone who wants or needs a kitten in touch with her (please note, I can only contact her thru work, so I will be giving YOUR contact info to HER) so please by all means boost the signal. Feel free to PM, comment, email or Tweet me. If I don't know you, though, please say who you are and how you got here and who can vouch for you. I want the kittens to have decent, loving homes.
This may be a good opportunity for would-be new pet owners. It is harder to adopt a rescue or shelter cat in SF if you have not had pets before or your landlord doesn't want to talk directly to them (my landlords speak Chinese). They will probably want to do a home visit, but I doubt that you will have to submit to an FBI-level background check or sign papers saying that they can drop into your house without warning whenever they want, or that you're not allowed to give the cat to anyone else, even your best friend or your mother or your partner upon a breakup, or that you have to promise the cat can sleep in your bed, or that they can take the cat back whenever they please, no matter what.
(Indignant comments about why this level of privacy invasion is totally justified will be deleted; I've heard it before and I still think that while checking up on people is a good thing, past a certain point it just encourages people to go on Craigslist and look for free or "$50 donation" kittens, which means they will continue to get posted there.)
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From: Old Co-Worker
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 8:39 PM
To: Tiferet
Subject: Hello from Old Co-Worker
Hi Tiferet,
I hope you are doing well... I wanted to let you know that I have several contacts who each have about 20 baby kittens that desperately need to be fostered or adopted. Was wondering if you know of anyone who is ready for a baby kitten or is willing to foster them at least. These people are desperate. Donations are down for food; it's pretty sad. Please let me know. I'll facilitate getting the kittens to anyone you know to be trustworthy with our feline friends.
From: Tiferet
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:55 AM
To: Old Co-Worker
Subject: RE: Hello from Old Co-Worker
Hi Old Co-Worker,
Most of my friends don't live in the area, but I'll see what those who do have to say; Thing1 and Thing2 are looking for an apartment and had mentioned getting a cat some months ago but first they have to get an apartment that will let them get a cat. You know how that goes! I will let you know if I hear anything.
From: Old Co-Worker
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:59 AM
To: Tiferet
Subject: RE: Hello from Old Co-Worker
Perfect. I wanted to get the word out to as many people as possible. I know of people who are actually taking care of multiple colonies in the Hayward area amounting to a total of 300 cats. But the little kittens needs to be pulled and adopted as soon as possible. They will be spayed/neutered and whatever shots can be done by point of adoption. Thanks millions.
Old Co-Worker
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This may be a good opportunity for would-be new pet owners. It is harder to adopt a rescue or shelter cat in SF if you have not had pets before or your landlord doesn't want to talk directly to them (my landlords speak Chinese). They will probably want to do a home visit, but I doubt that you will have to submit to an FBI-level background check or sign papers saying that they can drop into your house without warning whenever they want, or that you're not allowed to give the cat to anyone else, even your best friend or your mother or your partner upon a breakup, or that you have to promise the cat can sleep in your bed, or that they can take the cat back whenever they please, no matter what.
(Indignant comments about why this level of privacy invasion is totally justified will be deleted; I've heard it before and I still think that while checking up on people is a good thing, past a certain point it just encourages people to go on Craigslist and look for free or "$50 donation" kittens, which means they will continue to get posted there.)
~*~*~*~
From: Old Co-Worker
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 8:39 PM
To: Tiferet
Subject: Hello from Old Co-Worker
Hi Tiferet,
I hope you are doing well... I wanted to let you know that I have several contacts who each have about 20 baby kittens that desperately need to be fostered or adopted. Was wondering if you know of anyone who is ready for a baby kitten or is willing to foster them at least. These people are desperate. Donations are down for food; it's pretty sad. Please let me know. I'll facilitate getting the kittens to anyone you know to be trustworthy with our feline friends.
From: Tiferet
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:55 AM
To: Old Co-Worker
Subject: RE: Hello from Old Co-Worker
Hi Old Co-Worker,
Most of my friends don't live in the area, but I'll see what those who do have to say; Thing1 and Thing2 are looking for an apartment and had mentioned getting a cat some months ago but first they have to get an apartment that will let them get a cat. You know how that goes! I will let you know if I hear anything.
From: Old Co-Worker
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:59 AM
To: Tiferet
Subject: RE: Hello from Old Co-Worker
Perfect. I wanted to get the word out to as many people as possible. I know of people who are actually taking care of multiple colonies in the Hayward area amounting to a total of 300 cats. But the little kittens needs to be pulled and adopted as soon as possible. They will be spayed/neutered and whatever shots can be done by point of adoption. Thanks millions.
Old Co-Worker
This entry was originally posted at http://tiferet.dreamwidth.org/60148.html on Dreamwidth, and you won't be able to comment anywhere else. In order to comment in my journal on Dreamwidth, you will need to register your OpenID before commenting. Sign into Dreamwidth using your LJ or IJ OpenID; you will be asked if you'd like to register your OpenID. Please do so, and then subscribe and grant/request access to my Dreamwidth journal. Once I've approved you, you'll be able to comment.