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Hugh_Lebowski

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3. I try to tell myself the only reason someone would do it

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2023, 01:01 PM

Mar 2023

Is because they wound up homeless or similar ... but that's obviously not always the case.

But yeah, otherwise, I hate humanity and feel like beating these people up, so ... it's something of a defense mechanism to hope 'there must've been a real reason ... maybe their kid had cancer and it was either the child or the dog' type of thing.

It's incredibly dismaying

And I'd wager that cats get left behind even more often.

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Does it bother anyone else, about the constant reports of people dumping their dogs and cats. Can't [View all] debm55 Mar 2023 OP

Never never never! cilla4progress Mar 2023 #1

Me either. Saw on the news, a man left out a shephard mix on a busy road. As he drove away, the dog debm55 Mar 2023 #7

I think a lot of people got puppies during lockdown AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2023 #2

Yup, exactly. a kennedy Mar 2023 #8

I try to tell myself the only reason someone would do it Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2023 #3

Of course. I could NEVER do that. But I have seen elderly in poor health refused the opportunity hlthe2b Mar 2023 #4

And cats nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2023 #5

Especially with dogs their love is so pure. I'm pretty sure the cat I have now was dumped Walleye Mar 2023 #6

But why don't they take the dog or cat to a shelter, instead of letting the pet to find it's own debm55 Mar 2023 #10

I know I can't understand how people do it either. It's inhumane Walleye Mar 2023 #14

This may be controversial, but, cilla4progress Mar 2023 #9

When I filled out my will, I asked for that. The lawyer said no Vet in PA was allowed to do that. debm55 Mar 2023 #13

Dogs rule in Costa Rica. The run free. Are in every business. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #11

Wow that is great. I saw on the news yesterday that a no kill shelter in CA was going to put some debm55 Mar 2023 #12

There are rescues here with hundreds of dogs. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #15

Lake that is so wonderful-like the Rainbow Bridge and all the dogs playing and happy and never debm55 Mar 2023 #18

I've been a cat rescuer for decades, and I have seen this over and over catrose Mar 2023 #16

catrose. you are a blessing to the furry creatures that have been given up to fend on their own. debm55 Mar 2023 #17

Thanks so much. That's sweet of you to say. The cats mostly seem to appreciate it (except the vet). catrose Mar 2023 #19