Quote Originally Posted by Lori P View Post
Welcome to the forum, Falco. :-) What a cutie pie!!

Sooo.... is there not such a cat overpopulation problem in Europe? Sounded like quite a road trip to get a kitten. Just curious as to the difference between here and there. (Here, where there are so many unwanted kittens you can't pay people to take them!!)
We don't have a cat overpopulation problem in the USA, IMHO. What we have is a pet committment problem in the USA... meaning that people in the USA are not KEEPING their pets, but are turning them in to the shelter every time there is some inconvenience.

Take a walk through your local animal shelter. Is it full of kittens, or full of adults?

If your answer is adults, then this is not overpopulation.

Pet Underpopulation: The Pet Shortage in the US by Loretta Baughan

The Numbers Guy - WSJ.com

So why are we still hearing about pet overpopulation from the animal rights groups???

Because it makes money for them!

Dog Owner's Guide: Animal charities solicit dollars from pet lovers

REMEMBER... HSUS and PETA are the main groups that OPPOSE the keeping of reptiles as pets. These groups like to seperate animal owners and pit them against each other... using rhetoric about pet overpopulation to attack dog and cat owners, and then turning on herp owners with scare tactics and coercive legislation. DON'T FALL FOR IT!