I think you should leave out the second paragraph. It's VERY harsh and will turn people off. Or at least tone it down a lot.
:) Wendy --- Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > Every once in a while I get people who post to > the Adoptable > FeLV/FIV/FIP and put free for the fee, it clearly > say's at the TOP of > the page this is not allowed, so I send them a > drafted letter which I'm > copying below with the reply I got from the person I > sent it to. Please > tell me if my letter is rude because that obviously > isn't my intention > and I don't want to scare anyone away BUT I do want > them to realize how > dangerous it is to post a pet for FREE. My letter > follow below: > > > > > Hi Kathy, > > Belinda here, I admin the ads, and there are no > "Free To Good Home" > > ads allowed, none is the same as FREE. This is > very dangerous for the > > cat, there are all kinds of lunatics out there. > > > > I don't think you want Tiger to end up being > ripped to shreds by a Pit > > Bull in training to fight, or to spend his last > few minutes on earth > > petrified while a snake squeezes the life out of > him and devours him. > > Or maybe a sick, demented person who scours ads > daily looking for an > > animal to torture and beat until they tire of them > and finally put > > them out of their misery by killing them. Then > there's the buncher who > > looks for free or cheap pets to take to labs where > they are > > experimented on and then killed when they have > served their purpose, > > these bunchers get anywhere from $30 to $100 > dollars a pet from these > > labs. > > > > Giving an animal away FREE is very dangerous for > that animal and I > > personally would rather euthanise a pet than take > a chance that they > > could end up in some horrible situation like those > I described. > > > > I get emails every single day about some poor pet > that has endured > > horrible things until they finally died or were > killed. I have even > > been told by some of my rescues how a whole family > will come to look > > at an adoptee making them appear quite normal, > only to find out later > > the pet was tortured again and again until it > finally died or was > > killed. Please, please be very, very careful who > you hand Tiger over > > to, he is depending on you to make sure he is safe > when he goes to his > > new home!! Thank you. > > > > I'm not saying this to be mean, believe me I know > these kinds of > > things happen a hundred times a day to innocent > animals. I've changed > > your ad to negotiable. > > > > Please read these links for more info about how > dangerous this is for > > the cat: > > > > http://www.theanimalspirit.com/adopt.html > > > > http://www.petrescue.com/library/free-pet.htm > > > > http://www.parrett.net/animalaid/free.html > > > > I belong to a group of people who are all owned by > FeLV+/FIV, most if > > not all have other cats who are negative. Some let > their cats mix some > > don't, it's a personal preference thing. > > > > I personally had 6 cats, my Bailey was my FeLV > positive, he was + at 5 > > months of age. I just lost him last month to > anemia at 11 years of > > age, he wasn't sick for all of those years. I just > lost him in May > > after a 5 month illness to what turned out to be > cancer. He lived, > > ate, slept, played with, groomed and on occasion > had spats with all > > his vaccinated, negative housemates for all those > years and nobody > > ever got it from him. It is almost impossible for > a healthy, adult cat > > to get it from a positive and if they ever did the > healthy adult cats > > immune system would fight it off. > > > > The bottom line is it isn't as contagious as most > vets would have you > > believe. AND FIV is even less contagious and > harder to give to another > > cat as it takes a deep bite wound to for it to be > even possible to > > transmit it from one cat to another. > > > > If your interested in checking the group out you > can do that here: > > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > Please feel free to contact me anytime. > > 253 891-1197 > > Here's someone named Davids reply, just got it: > > > oh wow that was rude. did you think it was > absolutely needed to go on > > for 3 paragraphs about what COULD happen to him. i > think you are the > > demented one! these people will get there hands on > animals no matter > > what i say in my ad or what i don't say. but > thanks for the help, i > > guess. i have decided to keep him so take it off > all way, creep! > > I'm afraid my reply was rude, I just am tired of > people not reading or > following directions and then yelling at me for it > when I point it out, > I lost it this time :( > > > I'm really tired of people like you who are > *too lazy to read or > > if you did follow directions tell me I'm rude*, > *your email was VERY > > rude*, mine was informational, but I wouldn't > expect someone like you > > to know the difference. Take the ad off yourself, > it's a free service > > and this is part of it being free! > > > I usually get a reply saying they had no idea of the > dangers and they > are happy to learn about it. I've only had one > other person be rude > like this in all the time the service has been > available. > > Please don't candy coat anything, I know I can be > tactless sometimes and > I only want to help these kitties that is the > priority, so any > suggestions are appreciated. 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