[dradernh]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Both were skinny and starving, and didn't give any resistance whatsoever to the animal control person who gave them food.

It appears that they were someone's pets, and the bastages must have dumped them on our road. They obviously could not fend for themselves in the wild

WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS TO POOR ANIMALS?????

We spent 20 years on a dead-end dirt road on a rural property in So. NH, and the best cat we've ever had came to us under this same circumstance. We were so lucky to have him. He trained two subsequent pairs of cats and just basically took care of the business that rural furballs are hired to do.

Our local cat-only vet told us that cats like him, whether feral or not, generally lasted only two years living outside in that environment. Winters were not to be trifled with up there. Bob had his own heated kennel and could come and go as he pleased. He appeared to be as happy out there as he was when we let him into the house. He truly was a cat's cat.

In answer to your question, I think there are people who are simply too uninformed and/or without the resources to be responsible pet owners. They don't understand what it means to be a pet owner, they can't afford it (esp. today), and they dump their pets in a way that works best for them. I've always hoped it's something they won't do again.

Bob, Earning His Keep (btw, I watched Chip and Dale as a kid and enjoyed that more than the other cartoons. I still like chipmunks. The wife, however, had vast flower gardens, and that was it for the chipmunks, the voles, and the moles. So we ended up with a small herd of cats doing rodent duty.)