Stupid idiotic people

[rosiespark]

I am so fucking pissed off! And heavy-hearted and just...gah!

The cat I've been feeding that had five kittens - well, the kittens aren't even two weeks old yet, they're only eleven days old. And this stupid child has taken two of them away from their mother and is refusing to give them back. And her grandmother won't take them away from her and give them back to me so I can return them to their mother - because the stupid child is having a tantrum and it wouldn't be good to upset her further.

I went round to their house to try and get them to put the two kittens back. I was reasonable, explaining that the kittens need to be back with their mother for a while longer, and quite insistant. And I failed dismally. I feel I should have been forceful - should have barged into the house and wrested the kittens from the horrible child and marched off with them. I don't know - now I feel guilty as well as sad.

Why are people so fucking stupid and obstinate and selfish? I feel like crying.

Comments

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

Christ, what irresponsible adults. I think you should try again, and lay in the guilt. Ask the fuckers how they'd like it if someone came and took their infant away. If that doesn't work, what Doola said -- somebody higher up will definitely intervene.

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Ah, but these people don't think animals have feelings or rights. It's very hard to make any imnpression on the view that animals are just there for our amusement - and that a spoilt crying child is more important than the fate of two kittens. And I can't help feeling that the Catholic religion does nothing to counter this sort of anthropocentric view of animals. Gah.

I'm not convinced that the SPCA would intervene, but it's worth a try. The abductees have been returned to their mother, at least temporarily, so I'll see how things develop. But they're vulnerable where they are, and I'm trying desperately to think of someone who could take them for the next few weeks.