- I hate that I have to share the planet with heartless assholes.. makes me sick to my stomach that someone could do this to a beautiful defenseless animal.... praying for this beautiful dog and praying harder for karma on its previous asswipe owner....
- Hope they find the owner and beat the crap out of the piece of shit!
In animal rescue I read and hear many negative comments directed at the people who bring animals to us in shelters and rescues. I think the comments and attitudes they reflect diminish our mission, which is to help the animals. We cannot help the animals by hating their human caregivers, no matter how feeble their efforts may seem to us. So, I want my rescue friends to stop making hateful statements, and I would love for their feelings about the pet-owning public to change, too.
I try not to say, "Stop doing this!" without offering a different alternative. In this case I would ask animal rescuers everywhere to repeat this statement with me. It has enabled me to keep going in animal rescue when dealing with relinquished and abandoned animals, and worse!
"Everyone is doing the best they can with what they have!"
NOTE: In this post I am only considering animal relinquishment and abandonment. I will write on the topic of abuse and neglect and our attitudes towards the perpetrators of those crimes in a later post.....