I am a sick stray cat sitting here in a cage with a lot of other cats waiting to die! Thank you for the food you threw out for us because you felt sorry for us and meant well. Because of you we populated hundreds of stray kittens who like us roamed your neighborhoods looking for food and shelter.
Lots of us were not so lucky. We got diseased and sick, spreading lime disease, pink eye, parasite worms, ring worms and other sickness through our feces and urine. A lot of children who played outside cannot thank you enough for helping us do that. Also foods you leave on the ground attract rodents that bring a lot of sickness.
We were not used to human contact, so we endangered your children and your pets as we roamed through your yards. Also we endangered South Carolina native birds.
If you had gone to the SPCA to adopt a pet to feed, you would have gotten one that was spayed and had its shots.
We never had any healthy shots or a bath. As I watch the needle coming toward me, I have you to thank.
Orangeburg needs to pass a city ordinance banning the feeding of strays. Littering is against the law; throwing food out is littering. People who want pets, please call the SPCA to adopt one. Don’t let them breed only to die all alone.
-- Patricia Sizemore, Orangeburg