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I currently have a cat hanging around my house who meets #21, #13, #25 and #55 on the SPCA's list of 56 reasons to euthanize

Posted By: Glenda Cosgrove
Date: Monday, 26 January 2009, at 6:24 p.m.

In Response To: The SPCA's list of 56 reasons it can kill for while saying it doesn't kill except to end the suffering of an animal that is 'beyond medical help' (AAS)

I currently have a cat hanging around my house who meets #21, #13, #25 and #55 on the SPCA's list of 56 reasons to euthanize. If I take him to the Abbotsford SPCA they will certainly end his life. I have plans to trap him and take him to my vet. who for a nominal fee will check him out and neuter him. Unfortunately ,I have not had the extra money for this at the present time. I have 3 cats of my own who are terrified of him. So, I am not sure where I will put him when I bring him home from the vet. One of my cats gets stressed very easily and develops corneal ulcers. So, I have to leave him outside for now, with a heater in my shed with a bed, with lots of food. I feel really bad, as this is still not good enough as it is so cold out. But, what choice to I have ?

Messages In This Thread

Maple Ridge SPCA buck provincial trend
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:36 a.m.

Is any SPCA no-kill?
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:40 a.m.

The SPCA's list of 56 reasons it can kill for while saying it doesn't kill except to end the suffering of an animal that is 'beyond medical help'
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:52 a.m.

I currently have a cat hanging around my house who meets #21, #13, #25 and #55 on the SPCA's list of 56 reasons to euthanize
Glenda Cosgrove -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 6:24 p.m.

SPCA: #27 - Head trauma and/or #38 - Neurological problems and consequently require #18 - Behavior assessment!
Diane Young -- Wednesday, 4 February 2009, at 6:41 a.m.

I rescued a mother cat and her 3 beautiful kittens and turned them over ...
Carol Johnston -- Friday, 6 February 2009, at 6:08 a.m.

Experiences at the NFLD SPCA raises questions
Kelly Aitken -- Tuesday, 3 March 2009, at 10:37 p.m.

If someone is going to kill them, should that agency be an animal welfare society?
AAS -- Saturday, 7 March 2009, at 2:34 p.m.

Simple: just be honest and soon there will be nothing to criticize and no more critics to threaten to sue
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 8:57 a.m.

Why are fewer animals being left at SPCA 'shelters'?
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:19 a.m.

People are trusting the alternatives to the SPCA
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:22 a.m.

Action for Animals in Distress "takes senior cats from shelters like the SPCA where they would normally be euthanized"
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:24 a.m.

Bad personal experiences means more people trust the alternatives to the SPCA
Glenda Cosgrove -- Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 6:45 p.m.

My experience with most of the staff all those years is that they were uncaring and even rude and arrogant
Glenda Cosgrove -- Tuesday, 3 February 2009, at 8:53 a.m.

Hard to choose my favourite reason to kill on the SPCA's list
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:26 a.m.

If goverment had a list like this for humans, think of the money that would be saved
Lucy Cochrane -- Monday, 2 February 2009, at 8:01 a.m.

Same old, same old: #17 'Excessive vocalization'
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:28 a.m.

What reasons on the '56 Reasons' list did the SPCA use to kill Richmond resident Michael Carich's cats? *LINK*
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:45 a.m.

#11 'Declared dangerous' - Raymond's video
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:48 a.m.

This is why some SPCA staff are still stealing animals from SPCAs
AAS -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 9:50 a.m.

I think the public deserves to know so it can decide who to donate to based on true facts
Marilyn Seivers -- Tuesday, 27 January 2009, at 3:23 p.m.

Faith destroyed
Tove Olsen -- Tuesday, 27 January 2009, at 3:18 p.m.

Where I live there is a humane society that is the same as your SPCA
Rosemary Wilson -- Wednesday, 28 January 2009, at 6:25 a.m.

One way to relieve distress is to kill the distressed
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 5:43 a.m.

Re: One way to relieve distress is to kill the distressed *LINK* *PIC*
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 6:07 a.m.

Please honour Gwen by reading her story *LINK* *PIC*
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 6:18 a.m.

Do the SPCA fine words match its actions?
AAS -- Saturday, 31 January 2009, at 6:34 a.m.

Not the case for small animals
Lisa Hutcheon -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 10:21 a.m.

How many of the SPCA's reasons are reasonable?
Carmina Gooch -- Monday, 26 January 2009, at 5:37 p.m.

L.A.: Settlement Sets Stricter Rules for Animal Killing at Shelters *LINK*
AAS -- Wednesday, 28 January 2009, at 9:46 a.m.

Shamefully, animal advocates in BC will have to make the BC SPCA limit the reasons it can kill
AAS -- Wednesday, 28 January 2009, at 9:49 a.m.

"Our limited resources are better used in caring for animals than in litigation,"
AAS -- Thursday, 29 January 2009, at 9:06 a.m.