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Manifesto:  a public declaration of policy and aims

The Manifesto about Keeping Kittens Together

Have you seen a mom cat with her babies before humans come to separate them? Keep kittens together.  Don’t separate kittens. Put the whole group up for adoption together.

Have you ever seen a mom cat with her babies before humans come to separate them? That right there tells you that there's a connection between the kittens and the mom and also between each of the kittens... they support each other. The idea of this manifesto is we often find kittens separated from a mom, so the first reaction is "how quickly can we get these kittens adopted into family?". Thanks, but we should reduce the stress, reduce the trauma, and there's already drama because of separation from the mother. At least we can provide psychosocial well-being by keeping the kittens together so that they can live as a group. And support each other.

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Perhaps you have seen other manifestos about cats:

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Manifestos for cats (UK).   CLICK HERE FOR THE PDF

Excerpt:

In brief

Breeding of cats for sale: Reduce the number of unwanted kittens.

Cats and the curriculum: include animal welfare in the public school curriculum so that all children learn about responsible pet care. 

Cats and housing providers: Allow people to keep their pets and avoid heart-breaking separations of cats from their owners. WE NEED MORE pet friendly tenancy clauses.

Cats and personal wellbeing: Pets should be recognized as an important part of the individual’s household.  Let's admit that pets contribute to an individual’s wellbeing.

Products toxic to cats: clear labelling of flowers, plants and household products that are toxic to cats.  LARGER LETTERS, PLEASE on labels.

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FROM THE MANIFESTO in the United Kingdom:  Children are the pet owners of tomorrow and it’s essential that they leave school with a basic understanding of how to care for and respect animals. Developing an understanding in children of responsible pet ownership would result in an improvement in some of the animal welfare issues which impact on our society today, such as the increasing numbers of stray and abandoned cats and cruelty cases. Education is a priority for Cats Protection. With the help of education volunteers we delivered 448 educational talks across the UK in 2013 to schools and community groups. Making animal welfare and the five welfare needs a mainstream topic included in the National Curriculum would help teachers to incorporate animal welfare within the school timetable. To help us reach marginal audiences Cats Protection would welcome joint working with Government and professional bodies to gain accreditation for our education resources.   Click here to see more

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The Manifesto about Keeping Kittens Together

Have you seen a mom cat with her babies before humans come to separate them? Keep kittens together.  Don’t separate kittens. Put the whole group up for adoption together.

Some of these words appear on the website www.TINYURL.com/AnimalsComeFirstSite, also seen at www.AnimalsComeFirst.org