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Thanks, most of you recent posters!! Finally someone realizes a pet is a living creature with needs and feelings that is one's responsibility as opposed to a disposable thing...
1.people have choices, so please think before getting a pet;
2.it is your responsibility, please don't pass the buck unless impossible;
Remember people, not everyone with a cat went out of their way to adopt it. I have 2 cats right now that ended up with me through no action of my own. I suspect many people who are now cat "owners" can say the same thing.
You can talk all you want about irresponsible people but the truth is that sometimes folks just do their best when faced with a stray or whatever. Then later discover it won't be possible to continue their role as "owner".
The judgement on this thread is unbelievable. I realize there are bad people out there that SHOULD NEVER HAVE PETS but let's get serious. I know it's a forum and people like to vent, sometimes irrationally, but the reality is that pets aren't people. They will never be given the same consideration as a child by the majority of folks out there. If you think none of them should ever own a pet becasue of that just try to come up with a solution to where all the animals will go. You will fail.
Put your energies into helping animals out of a tough spot, not vilifying everyone who doesn't live up to your expectations.
I got my Furbaby from a girl who posted an ad on craigslist. She has adopted him without realizing she was terribly allergic- apparently after she brought him home her reactions just got worse and worse. She was in tears when I took him home with me, and she felt terribly guilty.
Poor girl got hives on her arms just helping me carry his scratching post and litter pan out to my car
I still email her photos of my kitty from time to time, so she knows she did the right thing, and that he's happy and safe...
What kills me about all this was that she had several people respond to her ad with judgmental, vitriolic emails such as the one the OP sent. Poor girl was so upset that she took down and reposted her ad 3 times with more and more explanation of her circumstances each time, to try to make people stop being nasty to her. She said she even wondered if she should just take him to the pound at one point.
She and I (and Monkey!) are all really happy with how things turned out, though.
Remember people, not everyone with a cat went out of their way to adopt it. I have 2 cats right now that ended up with me through no action of my own. I suspect many people who are now cat "owners" can say the same thing.
You can talk all you want about irresponsible people but the truth is that sometimes folks just do their best when faced with a stray or whatever. Then later discover it won't be possible to continue their role as "owner".
The judgement on this thread is unbelievable. I realize there are bad people out there that SHOULD NEVER HAVE PETS but let's get serious. I know it's a forum and people like to vent, sometimes irrationally, but the reality is that pets aren't people. They will never be given the same consideration as a child by the majority of folks out there. If you think none of them should ever own a pet becasue of that just try to come up with a solution to where all the animals will go. You will fail.
Put your energies into helping animals out of a tough spot, not vilifying everyone who doesn't live up to your expectations.
That is not the circumstance regarding the suibject of this thread. It is this particular situation that is being discussed not a myriad of other possible ones.
I can relate to the OP's anger. In my family, pets are family members. We don't toss them out. And children get put in their place. If the cat scratched me, I'd get told to keep my hands of the cat and stop annoying it.
The person who wrote the ad said the toddler was rough with the kitten...is that ok with you? Sheesh, you were way too hard on whoever took out the ad. I am a cat lover too (I have three) but honestly when one has a baby, the pets take second to the child. That's the way it should be.
I apologize if my last post seemed aggressive or insulting. I was actually railing against other people being aggressive and insulting... But I guess I got carried away myself.
That is not the circumstance regarding the suibject of this thread. It is this particular situation that is being discussed not a myriad of other possible ones.
Wellllllll..after 11 pages I think a myraid of things have been discussed already so my points are valid.
Hoo boy, I'm not going to read through all the replies, but it sounds like this cat might be happier in a toddler-free home. So this family is wrong for attempting to give the cat a better life? And find a home better suited for her?
Or perhaps they should keep the cat, and it can be scared of the toddler, and miserable, and stressed out, or confined to one room, and miserable?
And heaven forbid a new parent might be too busy taking care of the baby to take photos of the cat. They are obviously horrible people, and going straight to he** for that.
/rant
A little compassion for the humans in the situation, please folks?
The person who wrote the ad said the toddler was rough with the kitten...is that ok with you?
But is it OK that the parents aren't teaching their child how to interact with a cat? Yes, even toddlers can be taught to be gentle with a pet. One may think from this ad that the parents are just too lazy to bother.
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Finally someone realizes a pet is a living creature with needs and feelings that is one's responsibility as opposed to a disposable thing... 
