Cat adoption vs Child adoption

We thought it may be a good time to get the kids a kitten, since we don't have enough chaos around here! But since we were unsure how the kids would do with a cat I had the idea to take them to the Humane Society and play with some cats to see if they wanted one. So, I picked them up from school and went to the local shelter. When we arrived the workers were not very happy that I brought 3 young children into the shelter!! They said that we would not be allowed to touch the cats unless I filled out a application (5 pages) and the manager approved us. I tried to explain that we did not want to "adopt" a cat today we just wanted to see what they had, but they would not budge on their policy, so I filled out the application. I felt like we were adopting another child!! They wanted references, home visit, and background pet information. I wanted to ask if they needed INS paperwork, fingerprints, approved home study, and authenticated dossier (adoptive families will get all this!!). After the manager looked over our application told us that we could only look at older cats since our kids were so young, not what we wanted at all. Then they took us to the cat room were there were about 50 cats in cages. The lady said that only she could hold the cats because the kids could hurt them (the whole point in going was to see how the kids would do with them!). But soon she had to leave and the caretaker said we could hold any of them we wanted. We played with some cats for about 30 minutes and then headed home. As I was driving I thought to myself that we were able to adopt CHILDREN 3 times with no problem, but were not approved to adopt a kitten! And that they have 50 adult cats and who knows how many kittens (could not see them) and would rather them stay in cages at the shelter than go to a home because we have kids! When I got home and put the kids down for a nap I started getting a terrible head ache and itchy eyes, so I changed out of the clothes that had cat hair on them and immediately started feeling better. So, it looks like after all that trouble we are not getting a cat anyway because I am allergic to them!! Guess we will just stick to adopting CHILDREN!!!!