I cant, I already have two kittens, I live in a one bedroomed flat in a built up area so I got a specific breed that would easily adapt to living happily indoors..

I have had loads of rescue Moggies in the past and they have been wonderfull cats.. just better suited to being outdoors!

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Rescue centres charge quite nominal fees - presumably people go elsewhere to get kittens free ??

I can understand this, but untidyness surely wouldn't come against you for a homecheck, rather your attitude to animals etc , where they will live etc

Liz , I do find it strange how you associate breeding moggies with "market demands", this sounds to me like it's been done to make money. I'm not getting at you personally but rescue centres both here (I'm in Ireland) and in the UK are picking up the pieces constantly of cats being bred through accidental mating, being bred or neglect.

I didn't set out to get a cat but was adopted by a stray about 2 months ago. The poor thing was terrified , not spayed, very thin and unhealthy looking. Where she came from or what happened her I have no idea.

So I really feel strongly about the importance of responsible breeding and homing.

I don't know why you find it strange, it's very basic economics. You don't have to approve of it to understand what is happening!

As for your stray, did you make a serious effort to find her owners?

Liz

Their you have it Fa

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The cat didn't have a collar and wasn't chipped.
Did I scour the neighbourhood looking for the "owner" of a flea and worm ridden, unspayed , starving female cat ? No i didn't.

I couldn't get hold of her for the first month she was so nervous. A local rescue centre had to trap her for me to get her spayed.

She's now spayed, chipped , healthy and happy.

And I do understand the concept of a free market. I just find it deplorable that people breed their cats according to market principles.

I really hope your cats are going to homes that you have checked ?
And that they will be spayed/ neutered when old enough?

But people who breed for money arnt that concerned about where the kittens end up, as longs as they have the ££££ rolling in

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Then you may have "rescued" a cat that someone was desperately looking for. There are gardeners out there these days who openly brag about removing the neighbours' cats and dumping them miles away, I have seen such claims twice on the web. Now admittedly the chances of such a cat ever being reunited with its owner are slim, but a quick search round the internet would have turned up some lost pet sites and a couple of calls might just possibly have got you in touch with some national network. I have had cats lost without trace before now, presumed stolen, and I can tell you it is not very nice not knowing what happened to them.

Liz

Who is this question aimed at?

Liz

Or the possible slave could have also delved into the whereabouts of their cat-should they have wanted,i remember FA story of how she became slave to her darling cat and have to say if i was her i'd have done the same thing-at the end of the day FA has been incredibly compassionate where others are not so and her darling girl now has a secure and loving home-which for whatever reason she didn't before

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I did look at lost notices on Irish websites and contacted the two rescue centres in my area, forwarded on photos of her to see if it matched any of the lost cats they had been notified of.
There is no national network of missing cats in Ireland.
There were no posters of missing cats in my area - I checked the post office/ supermarket etc.

She was in such a bad way my gut feeling was she was abandoned.

I'd hate to lose a cat too, that's why Tipsy is now chipped