yorkiepuppie, was that some kind of test of your dedication to those particular kittens? I'm confused.
Anyway, that does sound heartbreaking.
I had to bad-mouth rescues, but I do think some go overboard and end up missing good matches, like yourself, and discouraging others. I wonder sometimes if it's a San Francisco thing -- there is SO much money here for supporting animals and so many animal rights activists that people get really extreme. It stops being about finding the animals a GOOD home, and becomes about finding the animals a PERFECT home.
My coworker went through the ringer adopting a catahoula leopard hound, and he has the most ideal family imaginable. He did get his dog eventually, though.
Is it possible the foster mom just decided she wanted the kitties for herself?
I hope this isn't too inflammatory to say, but I hate when rescue people rail on and on about all the unwanted animals in shelters, and then make it impossible for people to actually get shelter animals.