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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
People comparing pets to humans need a reality check. The only similarity is if my wife started to randomly relieve herself around the house, I would get rid of her to. The cat is old, sick and a real pain in the arse. If the vet will not put it down time for the old pillow case/ tail pipe treatment. The humane society does not need anymore old unwated cats.
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You are, it seems, missing all the points.
The vet won't put the cat down. Which means that someone with the experience to actually know these things has determined that the cat can still have enough of a good and rewarding life with a bit of more work on the part of the owner. The owner doesn't want that, which is a shame. The owner has several options she can pick from.
What most folks are objecting to is Sliver disposing (in one way or another) of his cats after a year or two because he got tired of one, didn't want to deal with another, and was overfeeding his third, making it "not cute" anymore. None of those are reasons to get rid of a pet.
However, as burn_this_city pointed out, most folks see pets as disposable, which is really a shame, and imo...speaks volumes about them as people.