Okay, back home, kittens are like... well... they're one step above something you give away at a white elephant party. They're sort of crap. They have no value on a farm. I think it comes out of the "all animals here must have a job" mentality. But honestly, cats? Have no value. They're something you pick up when you want one. They're always being given away free. We also do NOT understand the concept of "purbred" cats. Everyone understands Siamese, and thinks they're sort of weird, but everything else? Huh
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I know, it's crazy. Watching the craigslist "pets" section is an exercise in frustration. Anyone who posts "free kittens" is deluged with 100s of requests within minutes. Anyone who posts "free :older animal:" is showered with abuse from people about how they shouldn't have gotten a pet in the first place and how dare they give up a pet after having it for a few years and so on and so forth. Christ, people, if someone decides that they no longer want their pets (moving, allergic, whatever), let them at least try and give it someone who wants it rather than forcing them to just abandon it or give it to a shelter. Everyone gets so up in arms that the people stop trying, and god knows what happens to the animals then. I was looking at some of the pet adoption applications online, and they're scary. Like, if there's more than one of you adopting the pet, you have to specify who gets it in case "the relationship is terminated". What, we need a pre-nuptial agreement in order to own a pet? Sheesh.
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I was looking at some of the pet adoption applications online, and they're scary. Like, if there's more than one of you adopting the pet, you have to specify who gets it in case "the relationship is terminated". What, we need a pre-nuptial agreement in order to own a pet? Sheesh.
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