Animal shelter animals

[gwl9dta4]

I went into an animal shelter with my GF to look at cats. We walk into the place and talked to the girls taking care of the animals. After talking to them and seeing the kittens and older cats, i have realised that most people are hartless assholes. They just abandon their pets when they become inconvenient. Move to a new place? Oh well no pets, cat/dog has got to go. Some people "suddenly" develop allergies, oh well the cat has to go. My favorite one is from my GF aunt, she gave up her cat because it was jelaous of her new baby.

I can't explain the very real sadness in the air at the shelter. All those animals look like they are expecting their owner to get them anyday. How can people not treat pets like family members? They treat them like toys, to be discarded when they become inconvenient.

 

[vinylgroover]

What i find sadder is the way humans treat each other.

 

[Advaik]

humans deserve to die. id like to abandon some in a shelter so they can be destroied

i go to the shelter almost everyday to play with the cats. alot of them are really sad, there was one that all she would do was stare out her window. never moved. guess she was waiting for her family to come back.

 

[starfish]

I rescued my cat from an animal shelter. He is a cool dude.

I don't understand how people can do that to animals. But then I can't understand how people can spend hundreds of dollars on a pet when thousands are killed each day in shelters. Breeders too. YUCK!

I will rescue any pet I own

 

[big4life]

I have never understood how someone could dump their pet like it was nothing but trash. I got one of my dogs from the local rescue shelter and Sissy is the sweetest dog you could have. She was abused as a puppy and she is a little skittish, so I have to be careful when I discipline her.


I will say that going to that shelter was tough, I wanted to take them all home with me. Most of those animals are so happy to have a loving home that they make incredible pets.

 

[big_bad_buff]

humans deserve to die. id like to abandon some in a shelter so they can be destroied

i go to the shelter almost everyday to play with the cats. alot of them are really sad, there was one that all she would do was stare out her window. never moved. guess she was waiting for her family to come back.

why do you go to the shelter almost everyday?



good post bro, i can't understand it, the fucking worst thing i'v heard of people doing is driving way out in the woods, or down some dirt road and letting them go, what the fuck is that? friend did that to his dog, drove out 1 mile from his house way out some dirt road, the next day the dog was at there door, so he decided to keep it...but yeah, it's hartless, should drop the fucking owners off in some weird country and then drive off, dick eaters...

 

[vinylgroover]

Starfish,

I visited a quarantine station last week for work and it broke my heart. Mainly cats and dogs locked up in a confined space for up to 3 months while they go through quarantine. When the animals saw us they all started barking and meowing. My colleague broke down and cried, she couldn't handle it. They were sooooooo lonely.

 

[Advaik]

why do you go to the shelter almost everyday?

i had community service at the shelter once, been going everyday since to keep the cats company. even though they dont have families they still need love

 

[starfish]

Starfish,

I visited a quarantine station last week for work and it broke my heart. Mainly cats and dogs locked up in a confined space for up to 3 months while they go through quarantine. When the animals saw us they all started barking and meowing. My colleague broke down and cried, she couldn't handle it. They were sooooooo lonely.

That would be hard. Are they in quarantine because they are being brought in from another country?

 

[gwl9dta4]

humans deserve to die. id like to abandon some in a shelter so they can be destroied

i go to the shelter almost everyday to play with the cats. alot of them are really sad, there was one that all she would do was stare out her window. never moved. guess she was waiting for her family to come back.

That's exactly what i am talking about. Those animals are so hartbroken and it's so obvious. They also had some very small kittens that were hissing with a look of horror whenever a person came near them, i hate to even think what someone was doing to them before they ended up in the shelter.

 

[vinylgroover]

Yes, it's the main quarantine station for Sydney. It's a happy ending because these animals get collected by their owners eventually, whether their stay is four weeks or three months (unlike animal shelters). t's tough on their owners too, knowing that their animal is crying out for them.

 

[Advaik]

That's exactly what i am talking about. Those animals are so hartbroken and it's so obvious. They also had some very small kittens that were hissing with a look of horror whenever a person came near them, i hate to even think what someone was doing to them before they ended up in the shelter.

the thing you dont know about those kittens is that alot of them die in their cages. because they put so many in one cage they kill eachother, suffocate eachother, starve eachother, dehydrate eachother, or just die from the heat or cold. the shelter i go to atleast one kitten dies a week. i guess their chances of surviving in the cage is better than in the ally but its still sad

 

[starfish]

Yes, it's the main quarantine station for Sydney. It's a happy ending because these animals get collected by their owners eventually, whether their stay is four weeks or three months (unlike animal shelters). t's tough on their owners too, knowing that their animal is crying out for them.

Can the owners go visit them and play with them?

 

[talonracer]

You think that's sad?? Last year I worked alot with terrier rescue. You should see a puppy mill down south, UNREAL cruelty. The live animals were so starved they were feeding off the dead animals. It was so heart wrenching you see why they say serial killers begin by torturing animals. I had rescue dogs stay with me and though some had bad habits you had to train them out of, they were the most loving animals I've ever encountered. Getting an animal from rescue or an animal shelter is a great idea, most pet stores get their puppies from puppy mills and I encourage people to not use pet stores for that reason. Saw a cat two years ago in an animal shelter that would have broken your heart too. Very sad story the cat was old, like 9 years old, and her owner was an elderly lady who passed away. I've never seen such an affectionate animal, you could tell she was used to alot of affection from her owner. She seemed sad and confused.....I almost took her home but my GF refused, she said the cat would die soon anyway and why have your heart broken like that. Next week I went back to check for a lost terrier and she had been destroyed. Sad.

 

[vinylgroover]

They can visit them, but no touching and they are not allowed to enter the enclosure.

The cats were funny. They actually had this system whereby the enclosures were vertical rather than horizontal, so that the cats could climb up to the top of the enclosure and sit on a platform in their individual cage (as you know cats love height). So they were all sitting on these platforms probably 21/2 metres off the ground meowing

 

[starfish]

You think that's sad?? Last year I worked alot with terrier rescue. You should see a puppy mill down south, UNREAL cruelty. The live animals were so starved they were feeding off the dead animals. It was so heart wrenching you see why they say serial killers begin by torturing animals. I had rescue dogs stay with me and though some had bad habits you had to train them out of, they were the most loving animals I've ever encountered. Getting an animal from rescue or an animal shelter is a great idea, most pet stores get their puppies from puppy mills and I encourage people to not use pet stores for that reason. Saw a cat two years ago in an animal shelter that would have broken your heart too. Very sad story the cat was old, like 9 years old, and her owner was an elderly lady who passed away. I've never seen such an affectionate animal, you could tell she was used to alot of affection from her owner. She seemed sad and confused.....I almost took her home but my GF refused, she said the cat would die soon anyway and why have your heart broken like that. Next week I went back to check for a lost terrier and she had been destroyed. Sad.

Exactly.... I can't stand breeders. It's freaking selfish .

 

[gwl9dta4]

I remeber one cat was so extremly happy to me and my GF, he was an older lad but very energetic. He would meaw, and try to get us to pet him but when he saw we were not going to take him he just got quiet and went in his cage and looked sad. Man i could go on and on. But anyone that says cats are not affectionate, should see the abandoned ones in the shelter.

 

[big4life]

Actually, starfish does more than getting pets from a shelter. Right now she is trying to catch a stray cat that she has been feeding for a couple months. She has already found a home for her once she does catch her.

That says a lot about what she is made of.

 

[Advaik]

"Humans should have never been born, or at the very least should die as soon as possible." - Silenos

 

[mylife]

I just got a kitten from the shelter a few weeks ago. It was hard to choose just one since they all seem so desparate. The one I got was extremely shy and hissed whenever I tried petting him. I figured he was one of the least likely to get a home so I got him. As soon as we got home he ran and hid. I had to take apart my whole kitchen just to find him. He hid for about 2 weeks and the only time he would come out was at night to use the litter and eat. He would always hiss at me and whenever I went near him he started breathing real strange, as if he was crying.

Just a few days ago he came out of the kitchen during the night and started sleeping under my bed. Now he's doing alot better. He is still paranoid as hell, seems like he's on crack, but he's having a fun time playing with toys I bought him and eating whenever he wants. He still doesn't like when I go near him but he doesn't hiss or try to claw me. I figure in a week or so he'll be completely comfortable. I wonder how his previous owners treated him because he seems scared to death of humans.

 

[starfish]

My cat Felix came from a shelter. He is so cool. No bad habits and I even trained him to potty outside. He has a little cat door so he can use the litterbox on the patio.

He is very laid back and funny. I saw him in the shelter and he stuck his paw through the cage bars and started waving at me.

I didn't have the $ on me at the time to bail him out so I went back the next day. No one would help me, so I opened the door scooped him up, and brought him home. There were dogs barking everwhere and he just sat in my arms.

He is a little spoiled now though...


Purrrrrrrrr

 

[vinylgroover]

My cat mergatroid II doesn't show the love and affection which my first cat, mergatroid I showed. Mergatroid I was a stray i took in and was just gorgeous.

 

[big4life]

He is a little spoiled now though...


Purrrrrrrrr

He is not the only one spoiled. Minni-me is pretty much spoiled too. You are the only person I have known who has a spoiled stray cat hanging around.

 

[mylife]

I just got a kitten from the shelter a few weeks ago. It was hard to choose just one since they all seem so desparate. The one I got was extremely shy and hissed whenever I tried petting him. I figured he was one of the least likely to get a home so I got him. As soon as we got home he ran and hid. I had to take apart my whole kitchen just to find him. He hid for about 2 weeks and the only time he would come out was at night to use the litter and eat. He would always hiss at me and whenever I went near him he started breathing real strange, as if he was crying.

Just a few days ago he came out of the kitchen during the night and started sleeping under my bed. Now he's doing alot better. He is still paranoid as hell, seems like he's on crack, but he's having a fun time playing with toys I bought him and eating whenever he wants. He still doesn't like when I go near him but he doesn't hiss or try to claw me. I figure in a week or so he'll be completely comfortable. I wonder how his previous owners treated him because he seems scared to death of humans.

....now that i think about it i haven't really tried petting him lately. he's laying underneath my bed right now, i think i'll see what he does if i pet him.

 

[Advaik]

offer him peanut butter, cats love peanut butter. or was that dogs?

 

[starfish]

He is not the only one spoiled. Minni-me is pretty much spoiled too. You are the only person I have known who has a spoiled stray cat hanging around.

Minnie me is a princess in waiting.

She did meow something about wanting to live in South Carolina.

 

[big4life]

Minnie me is a princess in waiting.

She did meow something about wanting to live in South Carolina.

I think Molly has enough sisters.

 

[gwl9dta4]

He is a little spoiled now though...


Purrrrrrrrr

Yeah Starfish, My GF spoils her pet Bunny rotten and in return the silly thing will eat her school schedule, LOL!

 

[starfish]

Yeah Starfish, My GF spoils her pet Bunny rotten and in return the silly thing will eat her school schedule, LOL!

Cool

 

[big4life]

Yeah Starfish, My GF spoils her pet Bunny rotten and in return the silly thing will eat her school schedule, LOL!

Starfish needs to tell her bunny story.

How 2 bunnies turned into many bunnies, even though they were in seperate cages.