I went over just now to speak with the distant neighbour whose kitten was run down on the road a few days ago. I offered him to help spay-neuter all his pet cats. I'll pay, I said.
The mother of all cats, Cash, was there, and he said she is probably pregnant again. It has only been two months after Cash's last delivery. I had been liaising with the girl who co-owns Cash, reminding her to bring Cash for spaying, but looks like we've missed the boat again.
The girl also said she didn't dare bring Cash since it's "officially" owned by this neighbour. It's Cheque who belongs to the girl, and we've already got Cheque spayed.
It was one of Cash's kittens that was run down a few days ago.
The neighbour told me Cash has had SO, SO many kittens. Yes, I heard. So, why don't we get her spayed once and for all?
He was keen at first, but later said to give him a few days to think it over. I even offered my cage and I'll transport the cats for him. All I needed was his consent since these are his pets.
I asked him where all of Cash's kittens are. He said most of them have died on the road, being run down by cars. But he said he's perfectly alright with that happening. That's how the population is controlled, he said. He also said his wife would throw away the kittens. I never knew this as the girl had told me that all the kittens were sent back to his kampung and not thrown away.
So, I told him that a better way would be to get the cats spayed-neutered so that they don't continue to breed. That way, they wouldn't have to die on the road and his wife wouldn't have to throw them away. Ironically, all of Cash's kittens are females. There are no males.
He said he would have to think it over first.
I pray his answer would be a positive one.
Pray with me, please?
He kept saying it's okay that they are killed on the road. I think he is of the opinion that being run down is a natural way of controlling the population. On hindsight, I also know of people who say world wars, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. are natural ways of controlling the human population.
To each his own, of course, and I am not shoving my ideas down anybody's throat as I have no right to do so. But I still feel that for the animals under our care, spay-neuter is a much more compassionate way of population control. We offer our help to all strays, and we will appeal to owners to spay-neuter their pets too.
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