HAHA! That's a classic

(((Stroppy))) I meant to say....your tribute is lovely xx

Here's the semi feral who adopted me back in February...we called him Tatty.

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...1010004-10.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...P1010001-8.jpg

He stayed for about 6 months until Murphy had enough of him and scared him off He's back on the farm he came from now.

LOL! certainly looks like he's got attitude in that pic and yes if he wanted to sit on you he wouldn't give up til he got his way He used to force his way under my arm when I was on the lappy

That is one beauty of a cat, I am loving the garden and as for the kitty home..... delelting image immediately. Miss Mols will be making demands if she sees it.

I think you guys have derailed a little from the point of this thread lol

oh okay. true. caught up on the moement.


EVERYONE.. PLEASE REFER BACK TO POST ONE.

All the pictures have been great though

Not so beautiful in the fur (as it were) hence the name Tatty Wouldn't let me near him for months but eventually let me stroke him, deflea him and cut out some of his matts.
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...P1010007-1.jpg
Bought that little house specially for him. Before that he was in an old cat carrier weatherproofed with cardboard and bin bags LOL
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...P1010002-2.jpg

Well at least it's keeping the thread bumped up

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...v/thankyou.jpg

awwww so cute... *hi 5's back*

Showing off now!! Heh! Another mini high five to the kitteh.

That is BRILLIANT, I think I'm going to poach that.

Tatty looks some difference now, well done you.

Thanks!

and poach away

LoL Love the hi-5 kitty!!!

There seems to have been a glitch with some people signing up but not receiving the email with the link that you need to click to confirm your signature.
The epetition team have been contacted and told of this glitch and have extended the deadline to July next year

If you signed up but didn't get an email to confirm your signature please try again

Thanks.

Done - although I did get my Ella from a pet shop. We tried to go to a cat charity and were told no because A) we worked. B) We didn't have a cat flap C) We didn't have a secure enough garden - although we have had our garden fixed now.

We were desperate and went to a pet shop and kinda felt it was mean to be now. Although we got our second a day later from gumtree, which is probably worse!

http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o...ttiegill/kids/ these are my current two dottie and koppa


and this was my oscar much loved and never forgotten r.i.p.ossie x http://s342.photobucket.com/albums/o...tiegill/Oscar/

Sighned
Gorge pics!

I don't blame people for buying kittens from Pet Shops when the rules of some rescues are so strict. The only rule I agree with is the one about living on a busy road but if the cat is going to be an indoor cat then obviously no problem there either.
However I don't think kittens should be in a pet shop in the first place for the reasons listed on the petition.

Thanks for signing

Beautiful furbabies

R.I.P. Oscar xx

Thankyou!

I've signed BUT I do have a story to tell...

This is Amber http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...Picture875.jpg

And she came from a pet shop

We both work so were unable to rehouse a kitten... I confess we were actually looking online for breeders and went to the petshop to get out 'cat stuff' in anticipation of our new arrival. I had no idea pet shops were allowed to sell kittens

Anyway - that's where we got Amber!!!

There were 4 kittens in total - all were rehomed as I did contact the shop afterwards....

Amber was taken to the vet a week after she came home with us and sadly had cat flu - she was treated, innoculated and has since had her boosters / been spayed and chipped and was recently (aged 18 months) proclaimed very healthy by the vets when she had her check up.

I know people will disagree - but I really do think that us buying Amber that day ensured she grew into the healthy, crazy, beautiful girl she is today. I just hope all the other kittens were as fortunate?

I am not making excuses, I so genuienly hate the idea of kittens being sold in such a way.... But we can't be the only people in the world who have gone through such channels to get a kitten and taken the responsibility very seriously?

We were not legible to rehome kittens - maybe if the criteria was slightly less stringent then people wouldn't resort to pet shops and breeders?

Amber is beautiful
As I said in the post further up this thread I am not against people buying kittens from pet shops (hopefully the majority go to loving caring homes such as yours).

It's the fact they are there in the first place that bothers me (for the reasons listed on the petition) and I have also (on another forum) read threads from people who have bought sickly kittens from pet shops and have no clue at all how to take care of them even going so far as being outraged that the shop wouldn't take the kittens back and refund their money Kittens are living breathing creatures with basic needs and for their supposed *carers* to fail them at the first hurdle makes me very sad

Thanks for signing Rainbowgirl

I'm sorry OscarsMum, but I cannot in good conscious support a campaign that seeks to remove the right of PEOPLE to sell animals . It is not for the government to dictate what private individuals can and cannot sell (within prescribed boundaries, such as not endangering people).

It is clear that this campaign is being organised by an elite cat loving fascists organisation who want to corner this particular trade for themselves.

It is telling that they want the government to setup a vetting process so that an “independent” body can vet the suitability of cat owners and where they will be kept, with a (cough) small administrative charge. (HINT: no more house cats!). Three guesses of who would make up this independent body!

I also see one famous cat charity (not the RSPCA) have also supported the move, despite initially campaigning against it. There change of mind coincided with the suggestion that all cat purchases will have a surcharge contribution of 10% that goes towards the good work of the cat charities. While this has little chance of becoming law, it demonstrates that money and control are the key factors in play and not the welfare of cats

You are entitled to your opinion.
However you should not make assumptions and should stick to proven facts/truth.
I have no desire to get into another argument with you Keiō Line. As far as I can tell you like to cause controversy on the boards and I've wasted enough of my time and energy on you already in the other thread.

I am somewhat surprosed by this as I did not feel we were "arguing" on the other thread. I will happily try to keep out of your way. Sorry I do feel strongly about this, but not enough to cause you to be upset, please accept my apologies.

It is worth noting that I belive that without exception everyone on the pet forum is on the same side, and confrontation arrises becuase we just have different ideas on how to acheive the same goals.