The shelter will not let me know, or give my information to the new owner. I asked them to let me know and they said they wouldn't be able to I just need to watch the website and see if she appears.
When Tera was at the rescue I could visit her and it was like she was still sort of mine. I could dream of way to take her home and make her and Mook play nice. When she was adopted I lost all those privileges and I grieved her and it seems unfair didn't the person who took her know and the shelter how much we loved her ? See that's the reality of helping, fostering, rescue. You have to learn to let go. And the person who gave Tera a home is starting their own story.The shelter will not let me know, or give my information to the new owner. I asked them to let me know and they said they wouldn't be able to I just need to watch the website and see if she appears.
I got these kittens through a lot and they won't even let me send her favorite toy with her.
That is so unfair! the best thing you can get after going through so much with these kittens is pictures of them in their new owners laps! Getting pictures of them growing up always warms my heart. If you foster for the shelter you are not allowed to search for a new owner?The shelter will not let me know, or give my information to the new owner. I asked them to let me know and they said they wouldn't be able to I just need to watch the website and see if she appears.
I got these kittens through a lot and they won't even let me send her favorite toy with her.
I know where two of them are going.
Interesting that many cats are dumped for behavior issues before 1 year of age.
I was thinking of the OP's situation, didn't think about fostering through a shelter, sorry.The shelter will not let me know, or give my information to the new owner. I asked them to let me know and they said they wouldn't be able to I just need to watch the website and see if she appears.
I got these kittens through a lot and they won't even let me send her favorite toy with her.
Most shelters I know of have a return clause, does this one? I always pray that shelters understand the kitten (cat, dog, puppy) personality and interview the adopter to make sure the adopter knows everything and it IS a match. It is aggravating not to be able to know who the kitten goes to, maybe there have been issues, in the past, where fosters contact new owners and caused problems. The toy part I don't get, that shouldn't be a problem, actually make the transition easier. There's a lot of things I don't understand.
I wasn't sure, and if there was anybody following the thread that didn't know, I just wanted to be sure.
I've met people who think waiting is just because somebody thinks it's better, they don't understand the importance. It's so sad that so many people don't even care, they can't be bothered to spay and just don't care.
What country do you live in? It's interesting to learn about how different countries treat animals!Things work totally different in my country. Shelters are just places where they take animals and they couldn't care less of what happens to them. There is only one organisation and shelter that doesn't euthanise, and they always help animals in need. That's the one i want to volunteer for
And there are other organisations that are made by people that transformed their homes in shelters! Making sure animals find a great owner and getting pictures of them is essential for this whole process. They usually post themselves pictures they get from new owners, just to keep everyone updated. I don't see why you wouldn't be allowed to communicate with the new owner.
I live in Romania, Europe. Unfortunately animal protection isn't very developped in this area..the good part is that there are a few kind people that do their best to protect these innocent souls.
I live in rural New Mexico and cats get the scraps off the backend of all animal control. And the county I live n has no mandatory spay/neuter policy. It's a cycle repeated in many places in the world.
I wish that people would just realize that even cats go through that "total jerk teenaged" phase, but that they quickly outgrow it! We'd be in a mess if they could dump their kids when they hit...oh, say, about 15.
A domestic cat well socialized still has primal instincts that make it behave this way. They must climb everything , jump , stalk and swing on the chandeliers because every fiber of their being tells them to. It's a survival skill programmed into them. The words GET DOWN are very common.
