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bers of abandoned cats await disease and death, congregating in these colonies until then for companionship and such food and shelter as can be provided by caring volunteers who risk “abandonment” prosecution (if you can believe it) for their acts of everyday compassion.
lb be sure, the pet overpopulation issue has brought forth humane societies, SPCAs, rescues, foster homes, and the like, many good people who find homes, provide care, ease suffering, help legislate, and try to point the way toward a solution generally, but there aren’t enough people like this and reproduction calculus works against them. Burnout isn’t uncommon, and sadly, “baby steps” is the mantra some in the animal welfare movement have had inculcated into their goalsetting.
But how can this be in Virginia, the bastion of democracy and liberty, a place of religiosity and of respect for fife? How indeed.
The answer is irresponsibility, closed-mindedness and fear.
Take species whose survival strategy is many big litters, breed irresponsibly or indifferently and you have an excess population and feral colonies.
Take people who purchase a pet and treat it not as a pet
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