| Have you seen a cat that looks like it's gone | | | | the best way to approach a cat who has been |
| through a meat grinder? By that I mean, | | | | the victim of his circumstances? How could you |
| disheveled, injured, maimed, and sick? Do you | | | | ever get a cat like that to trust you? |
| ever wonder how they got that way, besides the | | | | Patience is key for this task because trust may |
| obvious life out on the street, perhaps? | | | | or may not ever happen depending on the cat. |
| A lot of the cats you see on the streets most | | | | An abused and neglected cat may not have the |
| likely had homes at one time. Perhaps they were | | | | coping skills to ever be able completely trust |
| abused in the home or neglected. A cat has a | | | | humans. You may not ever be able to have this |
| natural desire to survive and will seek out other | | | | cat to cuddle with but at least he may feel |
| means for food and shelter if they're not getting | | | | comfortable enough to stick around and get |
| the care they need at home. There are plenty of | | | | healthy and may eventually be able to be close to |
| people who cannot handle a cat that has nothing | | | | you while you speak softly and calmly to him. |
| to eat and gladly feeds them and perhaps takes | | | | If you're a cat lover as I am, then you know how |
| them into their home. But there are far too many | | | | much your heart breaks every time you see a |
| people that loathe cats and will do whatever is | | | | stray, homeless cat on the street. If you live |
| necessary to rid their neighborhood of stray cats. | | | | where I do, then you have more to worry about |
| The kind of emotional and physical abuse of cats | | | | because coyotes are common here and these |
| that have to endure this cruelty is astronomical. | | | | poor cats don't have a chance for survival when |
| When you see a cat that is skittish, fearful, and | | | | the coyotes are out. It's so important to always |
| runs from you, they have either been abused or | | | | have a new cat spayed or neutered to prevent |
| neglected or they were born in the streets | | | | having these poor creatures to fend for |
| without having any kind of human interaction. | | | | themselves alone. It all starts with you and a little |
| When you come across an animal such as this | | | | compassion. |
| and your heart is telling you to intercede, what's | | | | |