Ordinarily I'd completely agree with this statement, but then I was put in this situation myself.Originally Posted by AlleyGirl
As for people who have to give them up because they get caught by the landlord... wth are they doing getting one in the first place??!?!?!
I found Tryon when I was in NY visiting one of my friends. She was on the street and starved half to death. I tried to get her into a local shelter, but it was 11pm and none were open. So I borrowed a carrier and brought her back to my mom's house (where I was staying) so I could try and get her into a shelter the next day. When I went there, not only did the guy tell me they weren't accepting any more cats, but when I told him I needed to find a place for her because I was flying back home the next day, he yelled at me for not thinking of this sooner! I hadn't even had her in my possession a full 24 hours yet! My only options at that point were to put her back on the street or fly her back home with me. So I flew her home... to an apartment with a 2 pet limit where I already had 2 dogs. Once I got her, all the no kill shelters were full and my local county shelter has something like a 70% kill rate (they have the numbers posted in the lobby). I was surely not going to bring her somewhere where she'd almost definitely be killed. If I was going to do that, I would have left her on the street.
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That said, I am not an advocate of people going out and actively adopting cats when their landlord doesn't allow cats... but I can also say in this situation, I personally felt I had no other choice than to take her home and hide her for a few months.