Collecting Stray Cats

THE LATEST STRAY kitten who wandered into my front yard looked weak and underweight, and I knew immediately that I was damned if that little thing was gonna keep going hungry. Of course, my three indoor cats are all thick kittens, to put it politely, so a normal, healthy slender cat might look a tad underweight to me. But, no, this one needed to beef up, and she indeed seemed sluggish. So by thunder she was gonna get fed, one way or another. She liked me right from the git go, arching her back to meet my soothing hand. Bottom line, I reckon I got 'er fattened up in about two weeks. Still slender, but obviously healthy, active, energetic. now she sits on my lap, and is very sweet and affectionate, which is really all you want in a pet. She still hasn't learned how to purr, interestingly, but that may be merely the product of a wild childhood, without any feline or human contact, except for me. Now the question for me is: what in heck to do with her? Of course, you and I both know there's only one answer: keep her. She's adorable, friendly, and sweet, and she already follows me around when I walk around my property, and not only that, but she has started to live in my garage. I can't let her in the house; my female, Mandy, would try to kill her, and end up getting killed, I suspect. One day I as I opened the laundry room door leading into my garage, Mandy bolted out, and went straight for the stray, whom I think I am going to name "Cassie". Mandy chased Cassie down the street and across town, and finally Cassie decided to turn and fight, which she did, and promptly, from all indications, kicked Mandy's little butt. The lessons is: quit while you're ahead. Two females. probably there is nothing I can ever do to get them to get along. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, If I'm not careful, the way I'm going, I might end up with forty five stray cats, instead of the four I now have. Damn the American people! damn us, for allowing a population of thirty five million stray cats to roam our country. The least we could is is to round them all up, one by one, spay , neuter, and vaccinate them, and, if nothing else, let them live as strays, with maybe more Americans aware of them, and offering them food and shelter, the natural way, like I did and do. We can do better, regarding our treatment of dogs and cats in America. And this is not more liberal bleeding heart drivel; its basic decency and morality.