Good work! :thumbup: (I knew I liked you for a reason.) Kathy and I are fostering a cat right now, trying to get her ready for a local Humane Society Shelter to take over. (Already took care of vet exam & tests, vaccinations and spaying- we're waiting for her stitches to come out later this week.) We have a tremendous appreciation for the work done by organizations such as Sogguy's favorite- Bestfriends- and will look into expanding their network into our little corner of the world.
There are a lot of great-hearted people in the knife community, and that fact is constantly being reaffirmed to me by threads like this.
Me too.
Youre good people mac, you know alot of people wouldnt do what youve done for that cat. Most people just want to drop them at the shelter and be done with it. They dont realize that by saving the shelter the trouble they make that critter easier to adopt because these things are already taken care of. And that the shelter can lower the price on them because they don't have to put effort and expense into the animal. Alot of shelters are non-profit and have hard times like the rest of us. Lord knows if the wife and i could afford it we'd do what you've done for each and every one.
Sadly though, we can't ,as we've both be mostly min-wage working stiffs all our lives and scrape by....doing what we can for our lil friends. A good portion of our brood are rescue or found animals. Our last bring home, a quaker parrot was dropped off on a shelf at the pet store where my wife used to work until her MVA disabled her. It still angers me today as i write this, that someone could abandon a sweet little soul such as that birds. My own african grey named Ren, spent his formative years locked in a cupboard as his cage and then spent almost 2 years at the pet store as a trade in until my wife and i showed up to work there. I had money taken out of my check each week to bring him home. He used to bite me alot,(4x in the face) but doesnt much anymore and calls me A-hole (manually insert 2 S's) every day and thats how i know he loves me, and he is about my bestest friend. When i got up and around this Am... he greeted me with a hearty " how ya doin, A-hole!". I prefer the company of critters more that i do most people. But here in this forum i find some peace and oft times even solace, especally when reading things about you guys and when i take time to read in the archives.
Now you all know why i like black cats (nobody wants,cuz of superstition) and found animals.... the ones society deems not worthy of their time. I feel kindred in that respect alot. As i've lost what i thought were good relationships with people and good jobs despite bending over backwards to keep both, only to find that i was expendable when the chips came down.
To me society Today judges far too much on the size of your wallet and not enough by the size of your heart and what youre made of, to me that is a cryin shame.
Sorry if i've brought anyone down with this.... but it feels good to say it, especially since sogguy cared.
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