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"Riannon via CatKB.com" u42022@uwe wrote in news:85c6467f481b6@uwe:
......the dispicable owner who dumped her. I hope her little face haunts him/her in their sleep, but I very much doubt it will. Riannon I would not discount anything but we _know_ the face will haunt Phil and those who took care of her and that sucks. Andy |
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"cybercat" wrote in message . com... "Wendy" wrote Here's my girl before her surgery http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL368.../321490073.jpg This one was taken the other day after she got her stitches out http://pic40.picturetrail.com/VOL368.../321490071.jpg She is yours now? I'm fostering her. |
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"Riannon via CatKB.com" u42022@uwe wrote in message news:85c6467f481b6@uwe... Phil P. wrote: http://maxshouse.com/urgent_matters/Julie_reward.htm When it comes to some humans and the way they treat animals nothing surprises me anymore but it always saddens me tremendously. We can only hope that there is something in the end - someone or something that you have to answer to for your behaviour on earth to innocent creatures who did nothing to deserve cruel treatment. Although this is very small consolation, at least she was found by you - who amazes me with his kind-heartedness and knowledge - which means that her last hours on this earth were spent with a person who cared more about her than the dispicable owner who dumped her. I hope her little face haunts him/her in their sleep, but I very much doubt it will. They probably think they did they did the right thing. They probably think they're compassionate people because they didn't leave her on the side of the road or throw her in her carrier in a dumpster like a lot people do. I guess I should to be thankful her owners left her in a safe place where she would be found quickly. It could have been much worse. So, on a scale for low-lifes of 1-10, (10 being the worst) they rate a 9. Almost any vet would end an animal's suffering for no charge if the owners couldn't pay rather than let the animal suffer. So, they have no excuse for allowing her to suffer for so long. Phil |
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"T" wrote in message . .. A lot of animal shelters now charge you to drop a former pet off. They should do for pets what they've done for infants. Instead of prosecuting the pet owner or mother, make it a no-questions asked drop off. Some idiot thought charging a surrender fee would reduce the number of animals surrendered to shelters by their owners. It did. Instead of bringing their animals to a shelter, people dumped them on the side of a road or in parking lots or wherever was convenient. Surrender fees are a very bad idea. A lot of shelters try to talk the people into keeping their pet by laying a guilt trip on them. It may work, temporarily,- until the guilt trip wears off. Then, they'll just dump the animal somewhere so they don't have to hear the guilt trip again. Last week Channel 2 News and the regional newspaper in my area interviewed us about how the economy was forcing people to surrender their pets to shelters- or just dump them because they couldn't afford pet food and veterinary care. They edited out the part where I said "these people need to get their priorities in order. Its kinda hard feeling sorry for people who drive up in a brand new Escalade or Navigator or some other big-ticket car whining about not being able to afford pet food". I was ****ed- what can I say? |
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"Phil P." wrote in message
news:BM_5k.4552$WH.4447@trndny05... "T" wrote in message . .. A lot of animal shelters now charge you to drop a former pet off. They should do for pets what they've done for infants. Instead of prosecuting the pet owner or mother, make it a no-questions asked drop off. Some idiot thought charging a surrender fee would reduce the number of animals surrendered to shelters by their owners. It did. Instead of bringing their animals to a shelter, people dumped them on the side of a road or in parking lots or wherever was convenient. Surrender fees are a very bad idea. A lot of shelters try to talk the people into keeping their pet by laying a guilt trip on them. It may work, temporarily,- until the guilt trip wears off. Then, they'll just dump the animal somewhere so they don't have to hear the guilt trip again. Last week Channel 2 News and the regional newspaper in my area interviewed us about how the economy was forcing people to surrender their pets to shelters- or just dump them because they couldn't afford pet food and veterinary care. They edited out the part where I said "these people need to get their priorities in order. Its kinda hard feeling sorry for people who drive up in a brand new Escalade or Navigator or some other big-ticket car whining about not being able to afford pet food". I was ****ed- what can I say? True. I've done without snack foods or restaurant lunches, along with getting rid of premium cable subscriptions and a lot of other unnecessary "luxuries" when our finances get tight - but the cats always have their premium food and vet care. I don't know what it would take for me to have to surrender one of my babies (maybe being homeless if things get really bad - and here in the US that's happening more and more as our economy falls apart). To play devil's advocate, though. A lot of times things are going well for a family so they have big cars and other things that are, to me, luxury items - no problem with that if you can afford it. But then something happens, a job gets lost, a major illness drains life savings, whatever, and there they are stuck with those luxury items (those that haven't been repossessed) but still have no money to live on (even selling a car won't help because 1) nobody is buying big cars in light of the gas price hike, and 2) they would still have to make the payments on the car because they surely won't get the cost of pay-off of a new car by selling it as used). The number of people losing their homes just now in the US is at crisis proportions as the housing boom turns into a housing bust. The US economy is falling apart like a house of cards - first the lending/mortgage crisis, then unaffordable gas prices (which will filter down to the cost of everything that gets transported across the US, which is everything), then when businesses get hit because of that people will start losing their jobs and it will just spiral down even more. One of the results of this is that as more people lose their homes more pets will be surrendered - it's heartbreaking. I really don't know what I'd do if that happened to me, I don't even like to consider it. Again, I'd skip my own food before giving up one of my clowder, but I don't think that everyone has the same value system I have (nor do I think they should), so I try to be understanding when I can. We probably just don't know the story behind everything we see as being selfish or uncaring. Hugs, CatNipped |
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On Jun 15, 12:05*pm, "Phil P." wrote:
http://maxshouse.com/urgent_matters/Julie_reward.htm How horrible. When I read stuff like this it makes me wonder whether seemingly normal looking people we see walking around are really mentally deranged. I hope there is justice in this world and that those monster get to suffer the same amount of pain that they inflicted on that poor animal. I also hope you find the people you are looking for. I can help you with the reward. GFC |
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