Thank you, Tamara, for the clarification. There has been such a lively discussion that it was becoming fuzzy to me what comments were being made about Rude Ranch Animal Rescue and which ones were about other shelters and individuals. Leah _____
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tamara stickler Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 11:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Rude Ranch Again, Leah, The description I relayed was not at Rude Ranch, but at the farm of a rescuer that claimed to be helping RR with fostering overflow cats...and yes, Bob Rude was the name of the person who I had contacted regarding placing Simms there before the other woman (mentioned above) volunteered to give him a forever home. It is HER place I described. I never visited RR. T "Wolf, Leah R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been reading the many messages concerning Rude Ranch with considerable interest since I seem to have opened up discussion about RR. Admittedly I have had only one experience and that was my recent adoption of one of their felv+ cats. It may well be that there were problems in the past. I have a feeling that some of the less-than-positive experiences go back several years ago, to the time before Bob and Kathy Rude moved to the very large house they now run as a shelter/sanctuary. The descriptions provided in a number of the e-mails do not match what I saw during my visit on December 22, 2006. The pictures posted on their web page, http://www.ruderanch.org, are an accurate depiction of what I saw. Leah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TenHouseCats Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 10:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Rude Ranch unfortunately, from what you saw, and what her husband said, she most probably did NOT accept any help. and, sadly, it probably will come to the point where she'll be on the news one day... this is when the now-trendy concept of intervention comes in.... at least the husband recognizes there's a problem.... too many times there IS that martyr complex, and the piece of the classic hoarder/collector syndrome where the people really believe that only they are able to truly care for the critters in the correct way. i don't know what the answer is; at what point our responsibility as rescuers and guardians of the animals kicks in, and others' rights to privacy ends. MC -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892 _____ The fish are biting. Get <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/spon soredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140&cmp=Yahoo&ctv=Q107Tagline&s=Y&s2=EM&b=50> more visitors on your site using Yahoo! <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=49679/*http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/spon soredsearch_v2.php?o=US2140&cmp=Yahoo&ctv=Q107Tagline&s=Y&s2=EM&b=50> Search Marketing.
