As an animal welfare organization, we feel very responsible for the fate of Lilly and her kittens. Even though as an organization, we do not "adopt out" animals, Lilly managed to find her way into the hearts and home of a member of Ruff-Spots.
As the kittens are getting older, we feel very responsible for their welfare once they find new homes. There is no doubt, that Ruff-Spots will pay for Lilly to be spayed. Carolyn and her family have personally supplied the medical, physical and emotional care that this feline family needs. (Thank you Carolyn) The kittens on the other hand, cannot be spayed/neutered until they are at least 6 months old.
So here is the question to you. Carolyn, does not want to charge an "adoption fee". One of the main reasons for this is because we do not adopt out animals, and we would not want the public to get confused about our organization. We would like to accept a donation in lieu of giving Lilly and her kittens a home, but then that would'nt truly be a donation. A donation is a gift to an organization without receiving any benefit..and well, a cat would be a benefit.
So, what can we do? What do you think we should do about the spaying/neutering of the kittens? Should we ask for $50.00, which in turn, we will purchase a gift certificate to go towards the spaying/neutering of that cat? Ruff-Spots does not want any money. What we do want is to ensure that the cats find great homes and that money will be there to help subsidize their spay/neuter?
please let us know your comments on this. You can press the "comment" button on the bottom of this page or email lilly@ruffspots.com.
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Wow... this is a tough one. My initial thought was to suggest you just hand them over to the local shelters.. surely they could find a good home for these little cuties. Then I found some statistics on the number of cats that get euthanized at local shelters. Probably not the best route to take at present! How about setting up some sort of "fund" with a local vet where you could have folks send their "adoption" fee for the kittens. This fund would then be applied towards the kittens spay/neuter when they are old enough? Just a thought!
I think you should charge the same fees as shelters do with the understanding that the money will be refunded on proof of spay/neuter. A second option would be to charge the adoption fee with the money being donated to a shelter/rescue group to help a needy animal. Either way, I feel the new homes should have to sign a contract that the kittens will be spayed/neutered by 6 months of age. God Bless Ruffspots and the volunteers who have saved Lilly and her kittens,
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