I'd be interesting in hearing what you guys think about this. It makes me so mad!
My sister-in-law took a flyer that included a few of our kittens a long with some older cats in various foster homes to work with her last week. One of her co-workers thought it would be nice to adopt an adult cat for her mother, who recently lost her cat of many years. When she called the foster home for more information, she was told her mother, who's 80, was too old and they turned her down. Her mother was just devasted. I'm in the process of trying to find out who did this. I can sort of understand the concern about who would care for the cat if something happened to this lady, but her daughter was willing to do it. It just makes me angry to think that this poor lady who so badly wanted to give a cat a home was treated so rudely. I don't age should be a factor in adoptions provided there's a backup to care for the cat, especially because older people can really benefit from having a pet and offer them so much love and care.
I asked my sister-in-law to get the lady's phone number because I think someone needs to apologize to her. I also hope she's still willing to adopt and, if so, will try to help her anyway I can.
My sister-in-law took a flyer that included a few of our kittens a long with some older cats in various foster homes to work with her last week. One of her co-workers thought it would be nice to adopt an adult cat for her mother, who recently lost her cat of many years. When she called the foster home for more information, she was told her mother, who's 80, was too old and they turned her down. Her mother was just devasted. I'm in the process of trying to find out who did this. I can sort of understand the concern about who would care for the cat if something happened to this lady, but her daughter was willing to do it. It just makes me angry to think that this poor lady who so badly wanted to give a cat a home was treated so rudely. I don't age should be a factor in adoptions provided there's a backup to care for the cat, especially because older people can really benefit from having a pet and offer them so much love and care.
I asked my sister-in-law to get the lady's phone number because I think someone needs to apologize to her. I also hope she's still willing to adopt and, if so, will try to help her anyway I can.