Someone left 14 plastic tubs with cats inside them in the cold rain outside a feline sanctuary

[brooklynite]

Los Angeles Times:

Someone dumped 14 plastic tubs containing a multitude of cats — some of which were pregnant — outside a popular feline sanctuary in Central California early Thursday morning.

Workers arrived to the Cat House on the Kings, in Parlier, Calif., and found the tubs carefully placed at the far end of their parking lot, said Beth Caffrey, a spokeswoman for the cat sanctuary.

“Just to leave them in the cold and rain is not OK,” she said.

Someone drilled air holes through the plastic and fitted each tub with a bed and blankets. Inside the tubs, workers found three male cats and 11 female cats, three of which were pregnant and one who had recently given birth to two kittens. The kittens, she said, were only a few days old.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Not the best ............ however they did leave them at a place where they would be taken care of

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

17. If we're talking about Southern CA

then it is probably warm enough where they won't free to death too.

[MyOwnPeace]

2. I don't understand...........

this is the "DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND."

With all of the issues regarding "Trumpilthinskin" and what he is doing to destroy the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, is this really the site to post concerns regarding pets?

What about:
*immigrants
*voter suppression
*minority suppression
*constitutional rights for citizens
*repression of civil rights
*union/worker rights
*freedom of speech


Let the flames begin..................

[Maru Kitteh]

4. BECAUSE WE CAN WALK AND CHEW BUBBLEGUM AT THE SAME TIME

Jesus F%CKING CHRIST.

If YOU don't want to talk about issues of animal cruelty - there's a VERY SIMPLE solution. DON'T CLICK ON THE F%CKING LINK.

AND DON'T TRY TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN TALK ABOUT. It's rude as F%CK.

[DarthDem]

5. So Much Word

+1,000,000. Thank you.

[octoberlib]

7. Bravo!

[MyOwnPeace]

8. No.........

rude is your response.

I did not "TRY TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN TALK ABOUT" (the CAPS were your response) - I questioned why in these times this was an issue on this site.

Good for you to walk and chew bubblegum - I'm sure your parents are proud.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

18. I don't think this was animal cruelty

It looks like each cat had it's own clear container with air holes on the side and bedding inside, except the two kittens were likely with the mother.

I looked at the low temperature for yesterday and it was 58 degrees. I could not see the day before. Whoever left the cats there made sure they would not get wet and had bedding. The cats looked like they had been taken care of based on what I could see.

Before anyone makes negative assumptions...for all anyone here knows the owner could be an illegal immigrant who is fearful of being deported and is too afraid to talk to anyone, especially in light of what is going on in the country. It could be that they captured stray cats in their neighborhood, too. It could be any number of things. Many shelters charge fees to take in animals and if someone is trying to find them a place to go due to not being able to afford to feed and care for them they sure as heck can't afford fees.

[mythology]

6. I feel like you start a lot of sentences like that.

It must be difficult going through life never able to focus on the worst thing. But by your "logic" why would we discuss any of that given there are starving kids in the world? Isn't that more pressing than your list since there is a kid who dies from malnutrition every 10 seconds or so? What sort of heartless person would post about anything that is less pressing than that?

[NCTraveler]

15. It is the exact site to post this.

Most of us are progressives.

Why didn't you have the same concern here? Seems you supported it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028575557

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Because we can worry about more than one thing at the same time.

I care about:

*immigrants
*voter suppression
*minority suppression
*constitutional rights for citizens
*repression of civil rights
*union/worker rights
*freedom of speech

AND abandoned cats.
AND a lot of other things.

Don't tell me what I should and should not care about or post on DU about.

[SoCalNative]

3. People suck

but I just made a donation to the group to help them out with the care of their new charges.

[crazycatlady]

12. Great organization

If you're on FB, like their page. You won't regret it.

I'd say they're one of the top if not the top feline rescue organization in the United States. World class.

[Lurks Often]

10. Whoever left the cats cared about them, I've heard worse stories about abandoned animals

I am continually amazed that the dogs at the shelter/rescue I volunteer at are still able to love people after being abandoned by their prior owners.

[meadowlander]

11. Yes, my bet is someone poor

who couldn't afford spaying/neutering or food, realised things were getting out of hand and was too embarrassed to ring the doorbell.

At least they provided air holes and blankets and left them someplace they would be found.

People use to literally drown extra kittens in a weighted bag in the lake back in the day.

It's a sad situation but I don't think whoever did it should be condemned.

[hunter]

14. My mom found a bag like that...

... and by the size and the smell she was afraid it was human body parts and called the sheriff.

No great consolation it was cats.

Our family dogs are hard luck shelter animal stories, but they are radiators of joy because they seem to know things could have been much, much worse.

"I'm not hungry and I'm sleeping on the sofa!"

I myself have experienced that.

[bettyellen]

16. A big group like that perhaps a sick or elderly relative headed to a home or hospital...

Sounds like a friend or family of someone old who suddenly couldn't handle it.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

20. Or an illegal immigrant scared to death of being caught

eom

[dembotoz]

13. Perhaps an intervention where the cat persons family

Took matters into their own hands