Author's Note: As of Monday, May 16, this guy has been placed with Atlanta Lab Rescue where he will get adopted out very quickly. They have determined he has a chip, and are trying to contact the owners who live about TWENTY miles from where I do....can we say "let's just drop our dog off....." I'm know he will go to a home that will offer more love than they seemed capable of.....Thom
You know, we humans are a pretty amazing creatures.
Let's face it, we have no rival on the planet, do we? We have the ability to create and to destroy.
We have the ability to love. We have the ability to love with conditions.
We also have the ability to be the cruelest living thing on the planet. Whether it be as radical as killing each other, or bullying one another, we can be pretty cruel when we want to.
One of those forms of cruelty comes in the form of animal cruelty. It's hard to believe, but, yes, we, man, can be cruel and inhumane to the most defenseless of creatures. One one that come to mind, is also called man's best friend.
The Dog.
Really. When have you ever been around a dog that they were not full of life, wanting to play, fetch or just roll over for a good tummy scratch. Sure, there are vicious dogs too. They must have been around some bad humans.
But how can one be cruel to something that just wants some rules and a bowl of food.
As I have witnessed natural disasters in the past, it has made me think of the family pets. Dogs, cats, whatever. When I hear of people leaving them behind as they move to shelters, I think....WHAT? The shelter I would move to is the one that TOOK me and my dog. And if not, my car would be my shelter as I stayed with the other member of my family.
I think of those people who have lost pets in recent storms. My heart cries for you. I can't imagine what you must be feeling.
But, for someone to deliberately desert a dog....boggles my mind. Ok, maybe your life circumstances have changed and you can't keep him/her anymore. But to just abandon them? Leave them in your home as you leave, helpless and defenseless? Or to drop them on a street corner to be left to fend for themselves.
Really. How COULD you be so cruel and mean?
This guy appeared day before yesterday on the front porch of the house next to me. It's currently vacant, but I know he did not belong to the people that just moved.
So I've fed him and given him water. The look of "thank you, thank you, thank you" in his eyes is priceless.
I can't keep him, so I'm on the search for a no kill shelter that might take him in. Until then, he now lays outside MY front door, patiently waiting for MY attention whenever I step outside. I'll watch out for him until I find him a home.
You know, we humans are a pretty amazing creatures.
Footnote: I just read the following article in the New York Times, Recovering From Twisters in Rural North Carolina. Please read this article....the last sentence makes it all worth it. Really, really worth it.
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