One on my pet hates is people who dont take responsibility for their pets. These little guys we found at the bunker. Somebody has dumped the mother cat in the park while she was pregnant and she has had a litter of 5 kittens. They are incredibly cute and playful. They are also rather wild and will run if you try to approach them, which makes them difficult to catch. My coworker told the rangers about them, so some traps have been set to catch them. Now, I am not a cat lover, Im a dog person through and through. Im not going to go out and tell everyone why they shouldnt own a cat, each to their own really, but if given the choice I would rather hug a puppy then a kitty. My dilemma here is when the rangers catch them, they have to put them all down, as there is no cat shelter this side of town and we can not have feral cats running round the park killing the ducklings and bandicoots. This is the reason I get very angry at irresponsible pet owners. If they had sterilised their cat or kept it (rather then dumping it in the park), we wouldnt be in this situation. The mother cat was caught on Friday, but she moved the kittens somewhere that we cant find. If we manage to find the kittens, Im toying with the idea of keeping one as the idea of killing 5 kittens really doesnt sit right with me at all. I still dont feel right only being able to save one out of 6 (including the mother cat) of them. So I guess cross your fingers that we find at least one of the kittens, as I doubt they will survive long without their mother.
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