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EARLY DESEXING |
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From time to time we are asked if we will sell a pet kitten undexesed for whatever reason and our answer is always no. Sometimes people have a hard time understanding our reasoning behind this and we often have to go through a lengthy explanation.
Rachelle of Prowlers Bengals made us aware of this poem that she has up on her website and when we read the writings below it brought tears to our eyes and we agree with Rachelle that it sums up the reasons of early desexing perfectly and why no female kitten will ever be put at risk of suffering such a life or why no male kitten will be able to further add to the population of unwanted kittens.
Like Rachelle, we too believe that this poems sums up why Artattack Bengals practices and supports early desexing of ALL pet kittens.
THE MIRACLE OF LIFE
“Come quick, come quick”, their mother said “the time is getting near” She feels that when the kittens come the children should be here. She told them that a big orange Tom took “Kitty” as his wife “It’s wonderful, a gift from god, the miracle of life”
At half a year young “Kitty” feels too painful and too scared To appreciate six miracles, blind-eyed and yellow haired. But she knows these lives depend on her and nature tells her how And she cleans them, children ask “Mom, can we go now?” But now and then for six more weeks the children visit her To play with six new magic toys made of life and fur.
The six weeks pass, the newness gone and new homes yet unfound, Mom bundles up six miracles and takes them to the pound, Where lovingly, the gentle hands and no tear left to cry, The shelter workers kiss them once and take them off to die, And “Momma Kitty” now shes called mourns her loss and then, She’s put outside, and of course, she’s pregnant once again.
Dad tells “Kitty” STOP THIS NOW or you wont live here long! But deep inside of Momma Cat, this time something’s wrong. Too young, too small, too often bred now nature’s gone awry, Momma Kitty feels it too and she crawls off to die. She too is freed from this cruel world, and from her time of strife. How harsh the truth, how high the price this “Miracle of Life”?
-By Barry Taylor, DVM
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