Cats

Cats love these kinds of beds huh.. :)

 Recently, my brother and sister and i started taking care of three baby cats. They got separated from their parents, i think, and we're having a bit of a hard time taking care of them, esp. since they're not allowed even in our garden. So i researched for ways or tips of raising kittens when i stumbled upon the issue of "Cat Overpopulation".

Photo from Cats Herd You

Litter

the offspring at one birth of animals from the same mother and usually from one set of parents 

Neutering

the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part

All definitions from Wikipedia 

i learned that lots of healthy cats and dogs are euthanized in the animal shelter because there are so many of them. It is such a horrible reality, i know. But i understand that they have to do something about the issue. That is why many organizations/people/experts suggest and encourage people to neuter their pets.. In this way, the overpopulation problem can be addressed and, maybe, solved. But this is really disturbing me, animals also want to live. It hurts me to think that they are killed because of the overpopulation problem. i don't even know if we're supposed to neuter our pets.. But it's either that or we euthanize them.. 

But i was thinking also, why not just leave these cats and dogs on the streets? Or in the jungle and in the forest? Maybe they would be able to control their population themselves.. In the first place, it was us, humans, who majorly contributed to all this disorder in the planet.. How awful that many of us protect endangered species mainly because they are endangered, while we kill those "common" animals.. :(

Lord, when are we, humans, supposed to deal with certain issues, and when are You supposed to do the job? i don't know if it is right to put the overpopulation problem into our hands and kill the poor animals, or are we supposed to leave all of this into Your care? Please, Lord, enlighten and guide us.. Salamat.

By the way, in relation to my suggestion which is to just leave cats to the forest, i have researched that before domestic cats evolved from to be the kind of cats they are now, they actually are originally a species of felis silvestris lybica or middle eastern wildcats. Eastern wildcats live in like safaris!!!! That means that cats could actually survive in the forest!! So yeah, we don't have to euthanize cats!!! Just return them to the jungle!! DUH!! Please!! Stop these animal genocide!!

Cats have lived outdoors for more than 10,000 years—they are a natural part of the landscape. Today, they live healthy lives outdoors and play important roles in the ecosystem—as they did thousands of years ago and as all domestic cats are biologically adapted to do. What has changed in that time is how people have re-shaped the environment to suit our needs, at a great cost to the other species that share our ecosystem.

^ uh, true that!

[from Alley Cat Allies!!]

Cause if  i were to choose, i don't want to have cats neutered... It is like we're modifying the design the Creator gave to their bodies.. Let us just do the right thing, and if we do, i'm sure nature will cooperate. Let's be good stewards. Please.