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I’m fostering five kittens for a low-cost spay and neuter clinic that does a lot of TNR. The two oldest are now fixed and ready for adoption. The second we put them out there, we got someone who wanted to adopt them. But they didn’t get around to filling out the application, they were busy with work, they had to acquire kitten stuff, etc, etc.
Finally, after lots of hemming and hawing, they asked if we could waive the $75 per kitten adoption fee because they couldn’t afford it. Now, $75 doesn’t begin to cover the cost of raising and vetting these kittens, but the real point is that, if you can’t afford the adoption fee, you can’t afford a cat. It’s sad, but we don’t hand cats to people who can’t financially afford to properly care for them or who are renters without permission from the landlord. We also check references.
Meanwhile, we’ve wasted ten days of that short window between when the kittens are old enough to be fixed and when they outgrow being a cute kitten.
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