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

[doolabug.livejournal.com]

Oh god, what a nightmare. Go you for trying to get them back. Could you go back over in a little while, once the idiot child has calmed down (and don't even get me started on rotten children) and try again? And if they still won't give you the kittens, tell them you're calling the Humane Society, then do it.
Good luck and let us know what happens.

[walkingdaydream.livejournal.com]

The grandmother probably thinks you're going to keep them for yourself or something. And I'm incredibly irritated by grown-ups that are afraid of a kid throwing a tantrum (who's the adult here, c'mon!).

[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.

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

Have you let her have the facts straight between the eyes?

"If you don't put those kittens back, THEY WILL DIE. You don't have the skills to hand-raise a kitten. It's hard work. Do you want to kill these kittens?"

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

Keep us posted on this if you can. If that kid thinks of animals as toys, it's possible she might go back to 'play' with them again. But I know you know that. :(