To answer the question on why not the Humane Society:
I am too much of a softie/cat lover to go there. I know it sounds funny, but for me, going to the Humane Society would be heartbreaking as I would be looking at the experience as not me taking two cats home (which is what my wife wants) but rather that I was leaving all of the others behind.
When we find ourselves some kitties, I am almost certain it will be from some kind of pet store. We content ourselves by making semi-annual donations to the SPCA with the understanding that the money we are contributing in that sense is doing more good (as the monetary contribution would over time be greater) than the money they'd get from us for adopting. Of course this leaves out the idea of adopting AND donating but I go back to the first point I made: I don't think I could do it.
My Dad got a nice kitten from the Meow Foundation a while ago. At first, I thought that it was a great idea but upon reflection I'd find their style of determining if you are "suitable" to be a bit too much. My wife and I have both had pets our entire lives, and we don't need someone setting us through hoops to adopt there.
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