The Dilemma

For weeks now, we have been hearing the barking of the dogs every night from within a two block radius...but now we have a new dilemma - What to do with the cats?

Several days ago, someone put a box with six new kittens in front of our gate and then put a small plastic dish of milk INSIDE the bars of our gate. They had to have been less than two weeks old and all of them where malnourished. Obviously, their plan was to get the kittens to go inside our gate and eat while at the same time hoping they will associate our house with food.

Well, when we got home we saw the kittens eating. The kids thought they were SO cute and asked if we could keep them.

The dilemma now rears it's ugly head.

Do we keep the kittens?

Do we feed them?

Do we shew them outside our gate and hope someone else feeds them?

Surely we can't feed and care for six kittens right now, since we are moving soon, but what do we tell the kids when they want to feed them?

Every day someone from our street puts more food inside our gate or on our sidewalk. It seems like the whole block is waiting to see what we will do. Last night I overheard a couple walking by our gate saying, "How many cats are left today". Several have disappeared in the last couple of days, so now there are two left.

I am a cat lover, so this dilemma is hard on so many levels. We have no idea what the final outcome will be with the two remaining cats.

To be continued...