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I had a long day. I left at 10:00 to return the five cats to Cascadia. Check. I had to get each of the five, who were in my bathroom, en...
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I went and saw my old friend--Waldo Lake. I can't be alone all the time, here in this house. I do love my cats. But getting out is a ... -
I made it back to Waldo. Monday I took five cats from Gills Landing colony to be fixed and tested at the Salem clinic. All five, four gi... -
Our weather is far from August normal lately. After the brief heat wave, it went to predicted extreme rain, which didn't happen, but mi...
That story about the hearing/visually impaired mom and her babies is so touching! Almost makes me cry!! A happy ending thx to YOU!!! I wish you lived closer to here- you could live in country that provided good health care (none of all that bureacracy you write about, some but hardly as bad - I know, I worked in both countries as you know, amg others) and I bet you could even get a job at a pet shelter. Heck, I'd hire you to work in my office. Or convince a vet I know to do so. She is looking for an assistant. (Granted, I know I would be a terrible asst for a vet - I would be so irate with people who did not care for their pets prperly and showed up at emergency time only.) I have a hard time biting my tongue with parents who show up with a child who has cancer that might have been discovered 6 mos ago if mom and dad had checked the child now and then after aforementioned childs bath. Some ppl should merely just not be parents, in the same way some folks shd not have pets!
ReplyDeleteSounds harsh I know but alas, I am afraid it is true. Anyone can concieve children or adopt or buy a cat. But it takes someone with heart, committment, love to spare, common sense and a willingness to learn and lots of patience -amg other attributes - to care for them.
Take care!!!!!!!!
S
You are to be given a medal in your life I think. You didn't give up on the white mom,where I would have,only because I know there are thousands more out there,and more about to be born. All much more desirable than the poor white mom. I hope she will be indoors only,although I know they can survive outside,but for how long?..Glad she is going to be able to live out her live in peace,and no more kittens and pain.
ReplyDeleteOne of my ferals was recently struck by a car,still find it hard to beleive I will never see him again.But I can't control every aspect of their lives.I'm down to 6 or 7 or 8,not sure,couple of interlopers are about that I have to catch still...that's down from an unmanaged colony of 23 at the one location. Another colony down the same road,also managed,is holding steady at 9,all are well fed by myself and my "cat-guy".It's a slow battle to educate people,but I think it needs to start in the schools,at the elementary level.Children love animals,and I think if someone were to start a program by going into the schools to "show and tell" children just how many kittens one cat can have in a lifetime,and the suffering and starvation of unwanted animals. I remember as a kid,the SPCA coming to my school to show us that kind of stuff.It left me with a lifelong commitment to always have every animal fixed,mine or the neighbors or even the strays that were dumped on our dead end country road.
Thank you for not listening to me!..
Write that book!!!You are not a loser,at all...ever...you are the kind of person there needs to be more of in any country...