kitten in the window at Macy's - NOT A BAD THING

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Hello Karen et al - Please don't jump to conclusions. The animals in the Macy's window displays are from the SF SPCA. I volunteer for that event every year and the animals are well cared for. They are checked on regularly and those of us who volunteer outside the windows monitor the animals and go inside to the Macy's SPCA office to let the caretakers know if an animal needs something. I was there on Saturday afternoon working and all was fine w/the kittens. I stopped by again Saturday night and I did not see anything amiss. Macy's is doing a great thing for homeless pets - do not assume they have a "lack of concern." As of Saturday, 151 cats had been adopted and 10 dogs and that's just from the window display since Thanksgiving. They should be congratulated. I encourage you to go to Macy's,

speak to the SPCA people and see for yourself. This is not evil Macy's abusing animals - this is a really good thing. Cheers - Moya Karen Witham <karenwitham wrote: Hello everyone --My partner told me that he saw a kitten in a window display at Macy's (downtown SF) Saturday night -- alone and looking scared as passers-by stopped to stare and take photos -- part of some kind of dollhouse exhibit on the Sutter Street side.I planned to go

over today to try to talk to a manager, but I wanted to check with the list to see if anyone else had seen/heard of this and see if perhaps we could get an activist or humane society organization involved to help? I'm concerned for both the individual kitten as well as the message being sent to the public about animals (and Macy's lack of concern for them) -- as we know but others apparently do not, animals are not decorations or objects, but living creatures.Many thanks -- Karen________Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with . http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwme0020000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

Our first duty to our little brothers and sisters, the animals, is never to do them any harm. Our responsibilities do not end there, however. We are obligated to help them whenever they require it. – Saint Francis

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Thank you to those who shared this and other additional information. I

apologize to the person who pointed out to me that I was wrong about the

street name I listed.

 

I am very relieved to know that the SPCA is on-site and that this is an

effort to promote adoption of homeless animals.

 

However, I personally do not agree with putting pets in windows like

presents, sometimes leading to, as someone posted, impulse buying of animals

as gifts or for instant gratification without long-term consideration of

life caring for a pet.

 

I would think that cute, life-size photos of animals up for adoption with

information leaflets in the store could do a very good job for the cause

without product-izing pets or traumatizing young animals.

 

Thanks again to those who replied.

Karen

 

 

>Moya Stone <agathasprose

>Karen Witham <karenwitham, ,

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>Re: kitten in the window at Macy's - NOT A BAD THING

>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:45:05 -0800 (PST)

>

>Hello Karen et al -

>

> Please don't jump to conclusions. The animals in the Macy's window

>displays are from the SF SPCA. I volunteer for that event every year and

>the animals are well cared for. They are checked on regularly and those of

>us who volunteer outside the windows monitor the animals and go inside to

>the Macy's SPCA office to let the caretakers know if an animal needs

>something.

>

> I was there on Saturday afternoon working and all was fine w/the

>kittens. I stopped by again Saturday night and I did not see anything

>amiss.

>

> Macy's is doing a great thing for homeless pets - do not assume they

>have a " lack of concern. " As of Saturday, 151 cats had been adopted and 10

>dogs and that's just from the window display since Thanksgiving. They

>should be congratulated.

>

> I encourage you to go to Macy's, speak to the SPCA people and see for

>yourself. This is not evil Macy's abusing animals - this is a really good

>thing.

>

> Cheers - Moya

>

>Karen Witham <karenwitham wrote:

> Hello everyone --

>

>My partner told me that he saw a kitten in a window display at Macy's

>(downtown SF) Saturday night -- alone and looking scared as passers-by

>stopped to stare and take photos -- part of some kind of dollhouse exhibit

>on the Sutter Street side.

>

>I planned to go over today to try to talk to a manager, but I wanted to

>check with the list to see if anyone else had seen/heard of this and see if

>perhaps we could get an activist or humane society organization involved to

>help? I'm concerned for both the individual kitten as well as the message

>being sent to the public about animals (and Macy's lack of concern for

>them)

>-- as we know but others apparently do not, animals are not decorations or

>objects, but living creatures.

>

>Many thanks -- Karen

>

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>Our first duty to our little brothers and sisters, the animals, is never to

>do them any harm. Our responsibilities do not end there, however. We are

>obligated to help them whenever they require it. – Saint Francis

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here's more details on what I know about the adoption.

 

This " show " they are being subjected to can lead into a chance of a

LIFE TIME caring home. (hey, being in a metal cage with a concrete

floor at SPCA ain't fun either)

 

I personally feel as long as people don't take flash photography or

tap on the windows it's overall a positive thing to do.

 

.....and that's exactly what happened to a kitten at Macy's. He was

adopted by one of my co worker, " Scott " .

 

I found that out by accident cause I was wondering why in the heck

did Scott decide to put a calendar with 200 photos of cats in his

office. He said he just adopted a cat two weeks ago Macy's. Like a

proud papa, he showed me a photo of the kitten.

 

He told me the cat costed $100 and if you get a 2nd one it will be

$50. He was asked " is this cat for yourself or a PRESENT? " He said

it's for himself.

 

Not only he was given literature and training on how to take a cat,

they did a background check to see if he had a history of animal

abuse. The background check took only 5 minute using a computerized

system.

 

Yes, this one cat is well taken care of,

Merry Xmas,

 

winnie

 

, " Karen Witham " <karenwitham

wrote:

>

> Thank you to those who shared this and other additional

information. I

> apologize to the person who pointed out to me that I was wrong

about the

> street name I listed.

>

> I am very relieved to know that the SPCA is on-site and that this

is an

> effort to promote adoption of homeless animals.

>

>

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Thanks, Karen. I understand your concern about live pets in windows and I like

your photo idea. But you might want to know that the adoption process is not

that easy. There are many forms to fill out, the people have to spend some time

with the pet (while the SPCA workers observe), it's not cheap - $80 to $250, and

in some cases the pets cannot be taken away that day. In fact, while working

this event outside the windows I have spoken to many people who have shared with

me their adoption stories from past years and it's obvious that the pets got

great homes.

 

I hope this additional information will ease your concerns.

 

Cheers - Moya