My Friend and I rescued two kittens earlier today.

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We were walking/Urban Exploring in what used to be the Woodhaven Sports Center, four blocks away from my house near Franklin Mills Mall. While we were leaving, we heard a faint, screechy meow. Under some plywood boards inside a sealed-up cardboard box, we found two kittens. They weren’t injured or anything, but they were cold and frightened; They were laying on a gross patio chair padding with two water-soaked cloths. We weren’t far from the nearest Animal Hospital, so we took them there. Unfortunately, they don’t rescue animals much, so we asked my Father to drive us to the Women’s Humane Society, about a 5-minute drive. The time we were in the car, we took pictures, video, and tweeted about it. We got them to the Humane Society, where they were rescued successfully. I also donated $2.00 and one of our old towels. The vet told us if we let those kittens there, they would have been dead by the end of this week. :[ Who would do such a thing to two cute kittens? Well, no matter. They’re in a safe place now. If one of the kittens we rescued gets well soon, I will take one of them home and name him/her ‘Sundae’ (My current cat’s name is Chocolate). And at our 2nd Thanksgiving dinner today, I was thankful that the kittens are in a safer place now. :slight_smile:

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#2

Odds are both kittens have been put down by now.

#3

That was nice of you.

#4

Except no. That’s not how the Humane Society works.

#5

you found 2 live kittens on the street and didn’t practice kitten soccer? fail

#6

Frank West voice “Fantastic!”

#7

What is this Reddit? Now we’re gonna be flooded with cat rescue threads.

#8

Spay and Neuter your pets, unless you have the means necessary to breed them and sell the kin.

#9

Except yes, thats how the pound works.

#10

When I was younger I rescued a kitten. But when I brought it home, my mother made me leave it back in the street. She hates cats.

#11

nice job buddy, but you also have to understand that sometimes, the mother cat puts her kitten in the most unusual places ever, I once found 5 kitten inside a tightly sealed basement, but there was a hole in ceiling the mother used to get in from, anyways I broke the door and went inside and I found 4 kitten skeletons, and only 1 “sick and read to die” kitten, I believe they were eating each other

#12

What is it with you and dead cats, Shadi. They are your destiny

#13

When I used to live in China with my gf there were hundreds of abandoned kittens. Chinese tend to abandon kittens when they stop being amusing, so you’d find lots of them in parks. Whenever we’d go out drinking and be walking home my gf would end up hearing/seeing the kittens and spend ages trying to rescue them (much to my annoyance due to having to stand in a park at 3am freezing my ass off while my girlfriend rummaged around in bushes).

Sure, it’s a nice thing to do, but if you literally tried to rescue every abandoned kitten you came across you’d find your house swarming kittens within the month.

So I’d go to sleep, having to wake up at 6am for work, and find sleep impossible due to the constant crying of kittens. She would then spend the following weeks doing the impossible task of trying to find homes for the kittens. Now keep in mind that the Chinese don’t give a shit about kittens (which is why they abandon them) and you’d imagine the nightmare of trying to rehome them.

I tried to explain to my gf that she had to just leave the kittens and generally it made me look like an uncaring asshole, but in reality you just have to let them die or else you’ll find yourself swamped in kittens you can never possibly hope to rehome.
Plus I was sick of never getting any sleep due to kittens maoing all night long.

She argued that I wasn’t a cat person so wouldn’t understand. It’s true that I am more of a dog person, with my parents owning four dogs. But I wouldn’t spend my evenings trying to rescue puppies when I knew full well that they could never be rehomed and if they were they’d probably die from neglect anyway. Better that they die quickly than die a long suffering death.

#14

probably :stuck_out_tongue: but no worries I got a “Shiraz” Puffy tom cat at the moment, poor guy got mistreated badly by his previous owner, he ran off and then I found him on my door, didn’t like him at first but now I love him a lot, oh and THIS TIME this cat doesn’t like to go OUT !

#15

I have to agree, Chinese in China are selfish as heck.

They even ignore a girl who got ran over by truck and still alive there breathing. But a old granny who picking trash does try to help her.

#16

oh about that, that poor girl video is the ONLY video on the net that actually got me into tears

#17

The Chinese people are firm believers of Darwinism.

#18

Is that why they regulate their offspring gender?

#19

Ehm… Yes?

#20

No. That completely goes against what Darwinism is.

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