08/14/2026
We should not have to make this post, but here we are......
Let us state the obvious: we are The Cat Doctor, NOT the cat shelter! We are not equipped to take in and care for dumped cats, we have had 9 dumped at our building in the last 2 weeks. 3 adults and a mama and her 6 kittens. All left in carriers beside our building.
We are a small business! We do not get donations from the state or elsewhere, for the care of these dumped cats. Food isn't free! Litter isn't free! Medicine, and other things we have to provide costs us, just like they would cost you!
Also, as a reminder to everyone: IT IS A MISDEMEANOR TO DUMP ANY ANIMAL! You don't know what to do with these animals? NEITHER DO WE!
It is true that we DO have a few cats that already live here at our clinic, but this is THEIR home. We do NOT take in strays or abandoned and dumped animals.
SO NOW, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THESE DUMPED CATS AND KITTENS?
The same dilemmas that you face, we also face. The rescues are full, the shelters are full and the employees that work here are in no position to bring more pets into their homes!
We understand that whoever left these cats and kittens beside our building for us to find, probably had the best of intentions, thinking we know where to take them, what to do with them, and how to care for them, but leaving them here is NOT THE SOLUTION and in fact causes even more problems, not only for us, but for the animals being dumped.
There is no "magic" place for us to take them. No "magic" food generator, no secret rescue that will pop up out of the blue, that we can call and have these cats whisked away to where they will be adopted into loving families.
We are now faced with making decisions you did not want to make yourself. All that has been done by dumping them here is that you have now shifted your guilt and lack of the ability to care for them onto another.
