The kitten I recently acquired comes from a mama who's already had 6-7 litters. People don't realize it but this is cruel. She lets her animals run outside and sometimes can't find any of them for days. She doesn't always feed them and claims she can't afford to. Understandable. She has 4 kids, 2 dogs, and God knows how many cats and lives on one income. Most of the time they aren't even home... the animals or the children. One of the kittens from this same litter died when the kids kept squirting flea spray in it's mouth and nose. Thank God I wasn't there. Another one is blind in one eye from lack of medical attention when it had an ordinary cold. We have two different animal shelters in this city. Both are filled to the hilt. I could tell you even more horrific stories of animal cruelty but would not have space here let alone want to take up your time. I have a whole list of reasons why I appreciate the SPCA. The fact is that they are overwhelmed. They can't take care of all the pets that people get and then decide they don't want when it's no longer a cute little kitten or puppy. When I contacted them they told me that unless the animals were a threat to the community there really wasn't much they could do. I'm not blaming them. Domestic animals are precious and should be treated well by pet owners or they just shouldn't have them.