Let's begin by saying we don't rescue cats, or dogs for that matter. If you adopt a cat or dog, you paid for it. You did not save it from a trap, an alligator's mouth or a hoarder's neglect. If you did those things directly, yes, you can make the claim that you rescued the animal. How many people who adopt kids say they rescued the kid as a part of a conversation starter?
When you do adopt cats, where is your go-to place? Hopefully it's a shelter that provides neutering services and not a breeder or pet store, unless the store works with a shelter to help find homes for strays. We usually visit the Humane Society for our cats, although we did take some stray siblings we found once, too. We didn't take them to the HS to get spayed only because it's a drive and our vet was closer, but the HS usually has some pretty low-cost services that you can use to make sure your pets are healthy and non-reproducing!
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