April Li
November 1st, 2015 12-3 PM
Peninsula Humane Society
Morgan Little
650-340-7022 ext. 382
By my last visit, I had seen the kittens grow into slightly bigger kittens that were more active and capable of the more stereotypical cat behaviors. Even though I had seen essentially the same kittens every week for just over the past month, I felt more sad than I had expected when I realized that this was my last time seeing them. I had raised them (along with many other volunteers) and I was really attached to these small balls of fur that were just beginning their real lives. After diligently feeding, cleaning, and sometimes even rubbing their stomachs to stimulate their bowel movements (mostly for some of the younger kittens) for them, I wanted to adopt them all in order to make sure that their lives would be as happy as cat lives could possibly be. While I personally, was not necessarily instrumental in keeping them alive, because plenty of people want to help kittens, I feel like I did help with this group of kittens at least; it was still really nice knowing that all these tiny minor activities that I had done or helped with (and annoyances like getting kitten poop on myself that I had put up with) had contributed in some part to these cats leading healthy and happy future lives once they got adopted.
On the other hand, despite the adorableness of the kittens, the entire experience reinforced my desire to help out with animal overpopulation because I also realized that I had been helping out with abandoned cat babies for the last month, and that was a very sobering thought when I further considered the kittens that hadn't been brought to the Humane Society in time to receive care. While the Humane Society did and does its best to help all animals, the number of animals does impact the quality of the care that each one can experience; with less overpopulation, the Humane Society could devote more resources to less cases and possibly help animals more overall.
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