"Free cat to good home"...

[StefanZ]

Utopia. Right, we here do appreciate cats very much. So this is not worrying me.
What Im talking about is to giving away cats for free to others, non forumites... Or not welllknown animal lovers.

I do see lots of such annonses here in Sweden, free or 5 cents a paw... I dont like them. Nowadays the newspapers ads had agreed not to publish such ads, demanding a payment of at least 100 krona, about one hours payment for work in low payed occupations.

[KTLynn]

Originally Posted by StefanZ

Utopia. Right, we here do appreciate cats very much. So this is not worrying me.
What Im talking about is to giving away cats for free to others, non forumites... Or not welllknown animal lovers.

I do see lots of such annonses here in Sweden, free or 5 cents a paw... I dont like them. Nowadays the newspapers ads had agreed not to publish such ads, demanding a payment of at least 100 krona, about one hours payment for work in low payed occupations.

I'm glad you pointed this out, Stefan. Some people who are new to cats may not understand the problem with "free to good home" ads. Not everyone knows that such ads are potentially very dangerous. Animal dealers and others with bad intentions look for these ads in the papers and for posters put up in supermarkets, for example.

Cats and kittens given away for free can be sold to labs or used as bait for dog fighting, among other horrific things. I always contact people who put up "Free" ads and explain why they shouldn't do that.

Thanks again for calling attention to this matter!