RED FLAG!
NEVER, EVER adopt out to ANYone who will NOT give out their persoanal,
physical, residential address!
Furthermore, never just ask for their address. VERIFY it!
--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Reyna Castano rcpin...@yahoo.com wrote:
What if I can't personally take the cat?
The adopter does not
On 07-30, Cindy Jackson wrote:
How can you make sure that someone who wants to adopt your cat is
legitimate? Has anyone ever offered to adopt your cat here on
felvtalk or have you found someone here that you called to ask if
they could adopt your cat? If so, how did you make sure they are
Agreed--when I was looking for a home for Romeo, I was referred to someone
who apparently takes all the FELV cats from rescues in my area. BUT he
never gives his address and they are perfectly content to meet him in a
parking lot somewhere and give him cats. He may have been wonderful but I
In Reyna's situation, if she was able to bring the cat herself, Michael would
gladly give her the address. But she isn't able to bring the cat from LA to
Reno. So I'm working on transport.
In a sanctuary situation (as opposed to a citizen non-rescuer adopter), you
have to be careful about
you could ask for two references, two people that know them and can just tell
you a little about them, you can ask about their pet history and verify it with
the references. A vet reference is great, unless it's their first time owning
a cat. Someone did adopt two kittens from me on this
go to almost any petfinder site or rescue and download THEIR
application--then use it as a guideline.
there's forms for foster and adoption apps on the www.purebredcats.org
website, too.
MC
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MaryChristine
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belinda, they NEVER gave out the address for angel wings, and i only
know of one person who was ever actually AT one of their (many)
locations; at the same time, every sanctuary setting i know of does
not give out their street address UNTIL and UNLESS someone has a
reason to have it. ie, when
Hi Jeni
That sounds like me... The kittens had a good life here although
it was not a long life... Midnight, a cat from your area that we were
working
on transportation for, is still doing fine and she is going on 2 years
here
Yes... my vet is my one good reference but he is in the
MC,
That is what I mean, I wouldn't need the actual street address until I
was sure I wanted to take the kitty there. General address to start is
fine. But for me personally I would have to take the cat there and look
at the place. I have only given cats up one time when my neighbor
yeah, i figured that you weren't making a black-and-white statement,
but too many people DO: assuming that sanctuaries, big or small,
SHOULD be open at all hours of the day, and that both the cats and the
humans should welcome strange people showing up at all hours of the
day!
i'd still like to
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