Oh my heart....

[Alex K]

People are too spineless to turn up at a rescue centre and say, "We don't want this animal anymore" so they take the cowards way out and dump it. Absolute heartless bastards.

You wouldn't believe the number of Hamsters who are dumped in the garbage or stuffed in boxes and thrown out on the side of the road, often females with their young litters. The number that was found and recovered during my time as a shelter lets my heart sink when I think about the percentage that is not found.

[robvalue]

My god I just don't know how people can live with themselves doing such a thing. Poor little creatures.

[Mudhammam]

Does anyone else see a fully intact cat lying on the side of the road and stop the car to make sure he isn't still alive? And upon confirming that he is dead, spend the next 15 minutes sobbing about it uncontrollably?  

I'm pathetic.

Well, the cat was CERTAINLY dead after you walked up to it and confirmed it yo!

[SteelCurtain]

I don't know what the heartless asswipe did to Tanner before I found him at the shelter, but to this day he is still skittish around black men. He is so racist. My dad comes over and he gets his hackles all up and slinks away to go hide in the closet.

If you harm an animal on purpose, you are cretin in my book.

[rado84]

Does anyone else see a fully intact cat lying on the side of the road and stop the car to make sure he isn't still alive? And upon confirming that he is dead, spend the next 15 minutes sobbing about it uncontrollably?  

I'm pathetic.

If I'm alone in the car - I would stop but sobbing isn't among the things I would do. But if there are other people with me, I would most likely skip it. Displaying of emotions is a weakness I prefer other people not to know about me.

[Minimalist]

I'm the same with every animal.

I can't say I stop for the wild animals. Unless I could tell they really were alive, in which case I would absolutely stop.

But for cats and dogs, yes. If I can't tell be 100% sure that they are dead, I stop. One of my cats was a kitten I found in the middle of the highway right after having been run over. I still don't know how he survived.

We had a couple out for a walk find a Golden Retriever that they thought was dead....until they got to within 10 feet of it when it moved its head.  He was in bad shape so they wrapped him in one of their jackets and carried him home.  While the wife gave  him water the husband went online and called our Rescue.  Within an hour we had one of our volunteers out there making sure that he was a Golden ( his coat was so red that he might have been an Irish Setter ) and then drove him to the vet.  One of our vet liaisons arranged for him to be admitted...after hours... to our primary vet who stabilized him and operated on his leg ( he had been hit by a car and had a badly fractured rear left ) the following morning.

Today - 18 months later - he is merrily adopted, running around like a nut ( which is what est. 3 year old Goldens do) and driving in and out of the pool.  But, it all happened because that original couple went to see if he was still alive.

Call a Rescue or a shelter in your area.  They always need volunteers.

[Catholic_Lady]

I can't say I stop for the wild animals. Unless I could tell they really were alive, in which case I would absolutely stop.

But for cats and dogs, yes. If I can't tell be 100% sure that they are dead, I stop. One of my cats was a kitten I found in the middle of the highway right after having been run over. I still don't know how he survived.

We had a couple out for a walk find a Golden Retriever that they thought was dead....until they got to within 10 feet of it when it moved its head.  He was in bad shape so they wrapped him in one of their jackets and carried him home.  While the wife gave  him water the husband went online and called our Rescue.  Within an hour we had one of our volunteers out there making sure that he was a Golden ( his coat was so red that he might have been an Irish Setter ) and then drove him to the vet.  One of our vet liaisons arranged for him to be admitted...after hours... to our primary vet who stabilized him and operated on his leg ( he had been hit by a car and had a badly fractured rear left ) the following morning.

Today - 18 months later - he is merrily adopted, running around like a nut ( which is what est. 3 year old Goldens do) and driving in and out of the pool.  But, it all happened because that original couple went to see if he was still alive.

Call a Rescue or a shelter in your area.  They always need volunteers.

Wonderful story!