Belinda,
I went back and read your original message and I do think what Marissa and Kat said makes sense. The re-wording gets the information across in a less graphic way, but is still effective. Sometimes really intense information is too much for people to handle all at once and they shut down to the message. They might feel scared, guilty and/or helpless over condemning their cats to this fate, and react out of that by blocking the very information you want them to hear. This is my own personal experience anyway.
And, getting the message across is critical. I didn't realize what was happening to cats either until I went to your site Belinda. I am so thankful for the information you provide.
Gina in Placerville
Kat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Belinda,
I think the re-wording Marissa suggested is good - with only a minor
adjustment. I would add "if they haven't already died during the
experimentation." to make it read...
Unfortunately, there are many people in the world who would take advantage
of a free pet and use it for all kinds of unthinkable things. Believe it
or not, there are actually people who use cats to train dogs to fight
(encouraging the dog to aggressively mame and kill the cat), or to feed
their snakes. There are actually sick, demented people who look for free
animals to torture and beat until they finally get bored and kill them.
Additionally, there are bunchers who sell free or cheap pets for anywhere
from $30 to $100 to labs who will experiment on them and then kill them
if they haven't already died during the experimentation.
I know you dont want any of these things to happen to Tiger, and that is
why we require a minimum fee rather than allowing people to give away
their pets.
What do you think??
Kat (Mew Jersey)
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