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slightlv

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23. When my daughter was newborn, I got all

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 06:00 PM

Dec 3

kinds of warnings from neighbors and others about how the cats would do anything from steal her breath to suffocate her by sitting on her face. (sigh) This was 40-some years ago, but still... we're way past medieval days. Just as much as anything else, I'd find one of the cats in the crib doing head boops or gently stroking the baby's cheek with one soft paw, trying to help "hush" her crying.

Having rescued for over 50 years, and at one point living within a block of a shelter (city pound), I had all kinds of animals dropped off near my house. Some of them just broke your heart, many of them we never learned their backstory, but I have taken a baseball bat out with me to save a cat or dog in distress. Like you, I hate people with a white hot anger some times.

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Sometimes I hate people. A lot. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Dec 3 OP

Sometimes I love people... FullySupportDems Dec 3 #1

💙💙💙 good people are what make the world bearable. LiberalLoner Dec 3 #2

That's so true! :) FullySupportDems Dec 3 #6

Thank you for saying that - my feelings exactly. And thanks to jilly_in_va for what she does! erronis Dec 3 #15

Purrs and waggy tails! FullySupportDems Dec 3 #18

Maybe Lilo Figarosmom Dec 3 #3

I have heard of pets taken to a shelter just for having fleas. Diamond_Dog Dec 3 #4

I have heard of them being dumped off at the shelter because they were not the color that the owner wanted. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 3 #11

Thank you for working with the unwanted and abandoned fur children. Clouds Passing Dec 3 #5

I stole I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #7

The prior owners were so cruel --- declawing a cat actually means removing their front paw bones. erronis Dec 3 #16

I know I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #25

Just for your own sake Easterncedar Dec 3 #8

Thank all the gods that there are people like you. LoisB Dec 3 #9

Agree I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #26

I hate people get the red out Dec 3 #10

Hear Hear! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 3 #12

Fucking people. I'm starting to hate our species... Evolve Dammit Dec 3 #13

This sounds like BS to me. 3catwoman3 Dec 3 #14

that's how i ended up with a little rescued dog orleans Dec 3 #17

You bring tears to my eyes. Thanks for being so caring!!!! erronis Dec 3 #20

The owner may have believed the old wife's tale about Cats stealing baby's breathe. OverBurn Dec 3 #19

And we all know that those types of people believe a whole bunch of other shit. erronis Dec 3 #21

When my daughter was newborn, I got all slightlv Dec 3 #23

I have to use the Nextdoor app, because the community I live in insists on using it to communicate important information Dem2theMax Dec 3 #22

Not get along ? Nigrum Cattus Dec 3 #24

That guy I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #27