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Originally posted by Zeeke75:
Moni, I'm with you all the way. In the last 4 years, I have rescued and placed a total of 45 animals (32 cats and 13 dogs). I've got 2 cats and 1 dog of my own (well, now 4 cats since my GF moved in a she has 2). I am a total sucker for animals in any kind of distress, and all of my friends know it. I get asked at least once a week if I want to take a cat, or a dog, or a lizard (yes, I've even rescued a few of them). I don't mind it in the least, but I do wish more people were responisble pet owners (like AZ)...if you don't have time for them, DON'T GET ANY!!!
Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know that you weren't alone in the fight to find a home for every cute little animal out there!
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That is an amazing number of animals for one person to take in each year! We are up to 12 in a year & a half already and have kept the majority. We just don't have the room or the money to take in any more cats or dogs!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I really need some emotional support on this issue right now because my attempts to get the media to take a role in educating the public have gone bust. Now, I have to figure out a way to light a fire under the hiney of someone who actually lives within the city limits of San Antonio in order to get the city to take notice since
they are the engine that euthanizes those 50,000 animals every year.
I almost got a turtle today
He was crossing the interstate but by the time I got to a safe place to backtrack down the frontage road, he had gone over the side and it was too overgrown for me to want to take a chance of getting bitten by a snake. He got off the interstate...that is good enough I guess.
If I ever see him out there again though, he will come home with me and live here at the pond! There are plenty of dirt dweling worm-like creatures around here to keep a turtle fat & happy!
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