This is a true story about a ‘rescue’ feral cat forced to live in a cage. The cat is the mother of two of my little kitties, so I am invested and not holding back.
Here’s an excerpt that says it all from the Animal Rescue Corp in Washington, DC.
“The cage is a fundamentally flawed contraption that causes its inhabitants’ rapid emotional, social, and physical decline. In my experience, any animal confined to a cage goes through three phases of decline; typically starting with high anxiety, leading to depression, and resulting in psychological turmoil. Putting an animal in a cage violates that creature’s innate right to live naturally and without suffering. This confinement also forces animals to eat, sleep and defecate in a space, often only a few times their body size. This causes health problems and can ultimately lead to death in some species.”
But the cage itself is not the driving force of the cruelty – it is the humans – as always – it’s the humans. Please – don’t get a cat if you do not have the time, the finances, the space, the environment, or the mental capacity to do everything in your power that is natural and right for that cat.
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