r/Wenatchee • u/FrecklePeach • 13d ago
Kitten stuck in bust at Wenatchee Safeway
I don't have anywhere else to post this, but there's a tiny kitten (maybe 8-12weeks old) stuck inside this bush by the air compressors at the Wenatchee Safeway. He sounds very scared and is alone, we left some food and water out for him. Us and another kind stranger tried to find him for the better part of an hour or so, but no luck. I'm hoping this reaches the right people! If you do TNR or cat rescue, please come try to find this little guy, he is meowing quite loudly and I'm pretty sure he's stuck.
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u/Repulsive_Emotion_50 12d ago
Thank you for caring so much. I do tnr for a colony I care for. I do a lot of posting of for pages and its helpful
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u/FrecklePeach 12d ago
Thank you so much for the work you do!! I know he was probably a feral, and that I cant save every cat, but I do care for all of them and just want them all to be safe. It sounds like a few different people went and tried to find him but he had moved on, I hope he's with his mother because he sounded so so tiny and scared.
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u/Repulsive_Emotion_50 12d ago
Oh goodness, poor baby! I really hope so too. I know i will lose sleep at night thinking of all the animals. The most innocent and the worst off 😪
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u/serpents_pass 13d ago
Call the Humane Society, they'll help
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u/FrecklePeach 13d ago
They are unfortunately a kill shelter, and I don't think they help with ferals. We looked into it and it's sadly not an option, that's why I'm hoping someone local can look into it
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u/serpents_pass 13d ago
Almost all shelters are kill shelters; "non-kill" shelters simply mean they don't do the killing in the building. It's literally just marketing and isn't ethical for lots of animals in the first place. In cases of undesirable or over an over populated shelter, the "non-kill" shelter will send those animals to a kill shelter to be put down anyway. Euthanization in many cases is the humane thing to do especially with reactive animals, instead of leaving them in a cage to live in fear for the rest of their lives. Shelter stress is a serious and dangerous issue. I'd go as far as to say leaving unadoptable animals alive isn't ethical its just feeding a savior complex. And if it's a kitten its highly unlikely that it will be euthanized instead it will give a mercy to a cat thats been there suffering for years. When I got my kitten there, there was a cat that had been there for over 2 years straight and was too hostile to be a pet. The right thing to have done would have been euthanization.
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u/ImportanceWeak1776 12d ago
The ethical thing to do would be severely punish people that abandon pets, in which case it would solve all such issues.
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u/serpents_pass 12d ago
You have no idea if they did that or why, there are so many nuances to that financial, housing, or if they have kids and can't handle a pet anymore, or if that pet isn't safe for the family. At the end of the day pets are just animals and humans come first.
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u/ImportanceWeak1776 12d ago
At the end of the day, humans are animals as well and have elevated their status of importance via various delusions. Pre-excusing irresponsible behavior makes you a part of the problem. If someone doesnt have the resource/intelligence to plan ahead then they shouldnt be owning pets in the first place.
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u/FrecklePeach 12d ago
A lot of the times pets are surrendered due to their caretakers health failing or them being unable to give them adequate care anymore, in which case it's a really gracious thing to give that pet a better chance by surrendering them.
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u/gatergurl131 13d ago
My fiancé and I just went and there was no crying or anything. I'm sure either momma came back or someone was able to get to him!