This is I guess you would call a "friend of a friend" type situation. I recently encountered a woman who has 11 cats. It's a lot of cats, and everyone of them is kept inside due to what she says "coyotes" and things of that nature. She lives rather close to me, and I have never seen a coyote, so I can't say whether there are some or not.
To my dilemma, the house is... horrible. There is this horrible stench that just plagues this house. Almost like something may have passed away that they don't care about or are unaware of. Aside from that, it smells like a HUGE litterbox that hasn't been cleaned in years. Of these 11 cats, 2 of them appear to have some type of... neurological disorder (for lack of better understanding). One has NO use of it's back legs, and the other has this abnormal walk to it. None of them are fixed, and there is a ton on inbreeding going on, and as I have read on TCS, this can cause a ton of health and genetic problems. The issue is also that all of the cats are given attention and affection, they appeared to be loved, and are well fed, and things of that nature. Now, with 11 adult cats, chances if I acted in the way I feel I should, if they are taken from the home and placed in a shelter, chances are most of them will not find homes. Yet, at the same time, aside from the condition of the home, these animals seem "taken care of". I say that due to the fact they are given attention and are not neglected, but none of them have shots, and no desexing has occured, so I feel like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Any advice? Should I keep my mouth shut for? It's hard to walk away from it. All of them are just gorgeous and it just breaks my heart to feel like no matter which way I go with this, it's bad either way.
To my dilemma, the house is... horrible. There is this horrible stench that just plagues this house. Almost like something may have passed away that they don't care about or are unaware of. Aside from that, it smells like a HUGE litterbox that hasn't been cleaned in years. Of these 11 cats, 2 of them appear to have some type of... neurological disorder (for lack of better understanding). One has NO use of it's back legs, and the other has this abnormal walk to it. None of them are fixed, and there is a ton on inbreeding going on, and as I have read on TCS, this can cause a ton of health and genetic problems. The issue is also that all of the cats are given attention and affection, they appeared to be loved, and are well fed, and things of that nature. Now, with 11 adult cats, chances if I acted in the way I feel I should, if they are taken from the home and placed in a shelter, chances are most of them will not find homes. Yet, at the same time, aside from the condition of the home, these animals seem "taken care of". I say that due to the fact they are given attention and are not neglected, but none of them have shots, and no desexing has occured, so I feel like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Any advice? Should I keep my mouth shut for? It's hard to walk away from it. All of them are just gorgeous and it just breaks my heart to feel like no matter which way I go with this, it's bad either way.