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Innocent kittens suffer needlessly Imagine yourself as a four-month-old kitten. Something is dreadfully wrong in your world. You can't hear and your eyes won't focus. Your balance is off, making it impossible to play as kittens do. But you're in a warm house and your belly is full. Things could be worse. Then one day, things do get worse. You and your three brothers are loaded into the family car and taken for a ride. At the end of the ride you are tossed out. It is a scary place. Eyes that won't let you see properly can only make out blurred shapes. You're terrified and defenseless. You hunker down and wait, and wait. Several days go by and you are very hungry and thirsty and very cold. You're only a baby and you wonder what awful thing you did to deserve this. Today, there are still people in our community who question the necessity of building an animal shelter. Had there been a shelter available perhaps these kittens would not have been left to die a cruel death in the bush on the Cliff Lake road. The kittens were found by caring people. But unfortunately for the kittens the disease they were suffering from Ð called cerebellar hypoplasia Ð is incurable and the SPCA had the distasteful but necessary job of having them humanely euthanized. We are finding it very difficult to find homes for healthy cats and kittens, let alone ones with severe disabilities. The SPCA is offering a $100 reward for information leading to the conviction of the person responsible for abandoning the kittens. This is a punishable offence and we would like the public to be aware that we will not tolerate such actions. The four kittens were orange males. Two of them had some white markings on them. They were four to five months old and were probably dropped off sometime between October 15 to 22. If anyone has any information regarding the owner, please call the SPCA office at 687-8744 or the RCMP at 687-3491. All information will be kept confidential. The SPCA will hold their next general meeting on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at St. Peter and St. James Anglican Church. We currently have an abundance of kittens and cats needing homes and some of these kittens will be at the meeting for viewing. If you have any concerns or suggestions regarding animal welfare, please attend. Everyone is welcome and we really need your help.
