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Didn’t figure I’d agree with PETA, ever, but….

There’s a kitten rescue place in NYC that has decided that politics are more important than finding a safe loving home for cats and kittens. From hard experience, finding homes for wayward cats (I have one now for whom I am trying to find a good, loving home) is an exercise in pain and frustration even without a political agenda that would cut your prospects down to pretty close to zero.

Via Fox News and the Libs of TikTok:

Even PETA saw the lunacy.

PETA said rescues should focus on “objective animal welfare factors,” including an applicant’s history of animal care, ability to meet an animal’s needs and evidence of cruelty, neglect or violence. 

“Shelters and rescues exist to protect animals, not to serve as political gatekeepers,” PETA said.

So they’d rather have people who believe that killing babies is okay take kittens instead of people who believe in the sanctity of life.

It’s NY so they probably won’t lose their charity status, but they should. I just worry about the fuzzballs already in their care since the State of New York folks love to kill helpless animals.

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7 responses to “Didn’t figure I’d agree with PETA, ever, but….”

  1. TRoy Avatar
    TRoy

    I’m not fan of cats (deathly allergic, too), but subjecting any creature to living with dirty stinky leftist hippies is not something I would wish on my worst enemy.

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  2. Cappy Avatar
    Cappy

    Look at this cute kitty picture. Adorable, huh tovarich? Now, stand in bread line, capitalist oppressor and enemy of the holy Palestinian people!

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  3. Lokki Avatar
    Lokki

    If you think about it (and as the ‘owner’ of a couple of cats I have), cats are very MAGA animals. They like predictability and order, and (given half a chance) are very tidy. Cats do NOT give one dead-rat’s ass about DEI. Cats are completely merit based. A canary can dress up as a cat and claim to be one all she wants, once. Cats do not suffer fools lightly, and I will pay good money to watch someone try to give a 30 minute lecture on Socialism to a group of cats: if they can find a group of cats. They are very much individualists, except in one area- cats look out for family. Now, I am not going to say that Cats are perfect. First, cats are the original FAFO animal. Next it must be said that cats can be greedy although I must argue that greed is the fundamental principle driving ALL life and progress on the planet. Every amoeba wants to become two amoebas, and everything down to bacteria wants the best for their kids. Now, I hate to inject politics into this analysis, but needs must. Now, imagine a cat living with Donald Trump. Two big egos means an occasional fight for the good chair but otherwise peace and harmony. Now imagine being Kamela’s cat. Too much food slopped out but in no recognizable schedule. Drunken undesired hugs. True you do get the bed because Kamela won’t be in it most nights; a gentleman usually says no more but politeness insists I must speculate this means passed out on the sofa. Finally Kamela and border litter-box duties? Look carefully in your shoes, Kamela, look carefully.

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  4. Gerry Avatar
    Gerry

    Cat’s believe in benevolent dictatorships where they rule unconditionally.
    I am merely my cat’s favorite slave.

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  5. thatmrgguy Avatar
    thatmrgguy

    I became a cat owner last year, thanks to a guest who fed a stray some food scraps. She’s a beautiful female calico who is very friendly. She is an outdoor cat, though. Barely sticks her head in the house when I open the door.

    I can tell that she has been fixed. The animal control will go through a neighborhood and pick up or trap the strays, take them to the pound to fix them, crop the tip off one ear, then release them back where they were caught.

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  6. Tennessee Budd Avatar
    Tennessee Budd

    I love how they say the cats don’t want to live with cult members, yet cult members are exactly what they’re looking for.

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  7. Unferth Avatar
    Unferth

    Trying to adopt an animal in general almost seems like submitting to Big Brother. Usually there is a long questionnaire and they want to come inspect the house the animal will be living in. A relative was deemed “too old” and they asked her who would inherit the animal. They then demanded to inspect his house (at this point, she politely told then to F off).

    But sure, let’s reduce the pool of acceptable applicants to zero.

    For what it is worth, I recently was adopted by a cat. She just started showing up on my porch. She was willing to hide in the house when the raccoons started threatening.

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