how many pets do you kept?

China
November 26, 2009 7:27pm CST
I know from news report that a woman kept 107 cates in Guangzhou City.... I know cat is a cute animal,but it is a horrible thing to kept 107 cates,I think..
3 responses
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
27 Nov 09
The woman obviously has a serious mental problem. This is very similar to "collectors" that have homes full of junk that they have collected because of "needs". People that have that many animals are classified as hoarders. Because of the enormous numbers, especially if they are in the house, they are a serious hazard to the public. Plus they are a health hazard to the woman because there is no way that she could keep up with the bathroom needs of that many cats. Also they will tend to be under fed, anti social, disease ridden and un-neutered so there are many many litters of kittens and the kittens aren't healthy either. Before condemning the woman for being horrible to animals, try to understand that she has a mental problem...it has been shown many times in the United States on a station on the TV, called "Animal Planet". Hoarding isn't just cats but also dogs, pigs, horses and almost any other animal you can think of. These people get the misguided idea that they are helping the animals and that the animals love them...but it doesn't work that way.
@Loverbear (4918)
• United States
27 Nov 09
Oh, I forgot to add that I have four inside cats, four feral cats that I feed and three dogs. They are extremely well taken care of and I don't plan to add more to the herd. And they are all neutered.
@kaylachan (67278)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Nov 09
When I was a kid growing up my family had what I liked to call a domestic zoo. We had about 12 birds five cats, seven dogs, two gold fish three rabbits, and I think at one point two hampsters and a pharet. Of course the faret and the hampsters belonged to my sister whose house was connected to ours. And of course this was over my lifetime. Now I no longer live in my parents home, and George and I are down to three cats. For a so-called "large" one-bedroom apartment that's a fairly full house.
• United States
27 Nov 09
To me that isn't just horrible, it's neglect. There is no possible way that all of those cats will get all the food they need, or the attention! Nobody has enough time in their day to give over 100 cats individual loving attention. I have one cat, and sometimes he is starved for attention [with me in college, he gets lonely sometimes.] . Sometimes he gets so lonely I take him to my mother's house for the day, so he can get the attention he needs. I can't imagine trying to love and care for 107 cats! That's ridiculous.