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AnimalLover2000, I can understand your anger but did you ever consider that there could be other explanations? I worked at an animal shelter. We got hundreds of emails every day and there was no way we could answer them all because we had ANIMALS to take care of! Answer emails or take care of animals and interview adoptive homes, that was our choice because there is only so much time and only so many people to go around. We tried to answer as many emails as we could but the animals took priority every time.

I don't know what happened to the kittens obviously but I can say that not every available adoptable animal ends up on a shelter's website. You have to find enough staff or volunteers to take the photos, write the bios, and post it on the website. For kittens who would have a GREAT chance to be adopted quickly it isn't always necessary to put them on the website because people who walk in could snap them right up and offer them a home! Kittens and puppies are the most popular and almost always get adopted quickly.

Why do shelters accept animals even if resources are low? To prevent jerks from dumping the poor animals. If there's no easy way to get rid of their animals (for example, dropping them off at a shelter), there are people who would drive them out to a field or a rural area and drop them off to fend for themselves. A domestic animal has no chance in the wild and will be scared and hungry and likely die of exposure if not through another animal, car, etc. That is why shelters accept animals.

Please remember that the people who work at shelters love animals too and are trying to do their best. Just because they can't always answer you doesn't mean something evil has happened. They are just trying to do their jobs and take care of the animals. No one wants to kill the animals. If people would spay and neuter their pets maybe one day we won't have homeless animals anymore.