I wish I could be on the front lines for this because it is so important to all of us. Now, I’m writing about it. I worked as a volunteer for six years in probably the best outdoor volunteer clinic, where I did unofficial duty as volunteer administrator, duty to transport ansaethetized cats, monitor volunteers and train them, monitor breathing and allow them to go back to their colonies at the end of the day. I worked “Recovery.”
Sadly, as I moved to the Rockies and midwest, I find that neighbors feel that shotguns are the only solution to feral cats. Even in dairy lands while they drank a bit of spilled milk they also killed mice.
I have one dog, used to have a dog (spayed) two cats, both neutered. My dog was spayed at five weeks of age, early even by my standards as I’d prefer eight weeks. But we’ve had her for nine years, had to take out her hips as a pup, and she’s a gem.
All were from shelters. I know my dog shouldn’t breed so am thankful that this hipless wonderdog trait is not going to have pups. As Coach Parseghian said in the movie “Rudy,” I paraphrase by saying that I wish the heart of my dog would go into others with better hips.
Unless you are actively involved in showing and breeding dogs, please have your pet spayed or neutered. It is essential to their lives and ours as well.
If we had a home in the country, I’m sure every stray cat would be outside and I’d get a couple of Tomahawk traps that are not lethal at all, some stinky fish and get them spayed or neutered before I fed them. This is a mission that I can only now do now by word. Please help. Dee
Cooking with Dee 