I'm so sorry about Marmalade. :( Working with shelters is always difficult. tonya
glenda Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- glenda Goodman wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:59:33 -0700 (PDT) > From: glenda Goodman > Subject: MARMALADE...THE OUTCOME... > To: [email protected] > > HELLO EVERYONE, > THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE ADVICE AND SUPPORT. > THE > WORST HAS HAPPENED. I FEEL REALLY HORRIBLE RIGHT > NOW. > I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW THE WORST > HAPPENED: > WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS HE WAS PUT DOWN, BY MISTAKE. HIS > PAPER WORK WAS NOT READ. FOR AS OFTEN AS I WENT DOWN > THERE AND BUGGED THEM, I GUESS I ASSUMED EVERYONE > KNEW. EVEN THOUGH HE WAS IN THE 'WILD CAT' > SECTION...I > GUESS THE LESSON HERE IS: > > EVEN IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE MAKING PEOPLE ANGRY AND > UPSET > WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING AN ANIMAL DO NOT BE > AFRAID > TO GET IN SOMEONE'S FACE. THE FACT I DID NOT RUB IT > IN > A LITTLE MORE ON MY RIDE HOME FROM WORK TUESDAY > NIGHT > MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE REASON THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED. > > THE DIRECTOR, A REALLY SPECIAL PERSON, WHO I DO LOVE > AND RESPECT AND WITH WHOM I HAVE A GOOD > RELATIONSHIP, > TOLD ME THE MINUTE THE MISTAKE WAS REALIZED SHE TOOK > MARMALADE'S LITTLE BODY TO THE CLINIC DOWN THE > STREET, > TO THE VET. HE WAS TESTED BY A GAL NAMED DARCY AT > MIDTOWN ANIMAL HOSPITAL IN GERING, NEBRASKA. THE > TEST > WAS NEGATIVE FOR FeLV AND FIV. THEY ESTIMATED THE > CAT > TO BE ABOUT 2-YEARS OLD. I WAS TOLD THEY FIRST > NOTICED > A LOT OF BATTLE SCARS ON HIM ,SO THEY THOUGHT HE > MIGHT > TEST POSITIVE...WELL, HE DID NOT TEST > POSITIVE! > > I TOLD DEB S. , THE DIRECTOR, ON THE PHONE I WOULD > HAVE FOUGHT HER TOOTH AND NAIL TO SAVE THIS CAT IF > HE > WERE ALIVE AND TESTED OUT LIKE HE DID AND BEING > YOUNG > LIKE HE WAS...SHE COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDS WHERE I"M > COMING FROM AND I DO BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE COME TO A > SOLUTION SOMEHOW. SHE IS A VERY GOOD PERSON AND LIKE > THE REST OF US ,BUT WITH A VERY HARD JOB...THE GAL, > A > WORKER AT THE HUMANE SOCIETY TOLD ME EVERYONE FELT > SICK YESTERDAY AFTER THIS HAPPENED. > > WE ALL HAVE SUCH A LONG WAY TO GO TO MASTER THE > PERFECT WAYS TO PROTECT OUR ANIMALS. IT REALLY IS > JUST > SUCH A HARD WORLD...I THINK EVERYONE OF US COULD > JUST > CRY OUR EYES OUT ALL DAY LONG FOR ALL THE SADNESS IN > THE WORLD. I DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SO MUCH! > > I WILL BE TALKING WITH A COUPLE OF THESE FERAL CAT > ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO GET SOMETHING > STARTED HERE. > THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS TALKING TO DEB, OUR HS > DIRECTOR HERE, SHE TOLD ME SHE DID NOT LIKE THE TNR > PROGRAMS THAT MUCH. I PERSONALLY, COULD ONLY AGREE > WITH SUCH PROGRAMS IF ALL THE CATS WERE DISEASE FREE > AND VERY WELL CARED FOR...THAT TAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE > WILLING TO BE VERY INVOLVED. > I WILL TELL YOU, I LIVED IN MAUI, HAWAII FOR CLOSE > TO > FIVE YEARS , 2001-2005. I WAS ON THE BOARD OF THEIR > HUMANE SOCIETY FOR ROUGHLY A YEAR + AND I BECAME > AWARE > OF THE FERAL CAT SITUATION THERE, WHICH IS MASSIVE. > I > HAD FRIENDS INVOLVED WHO WERE SO SELFLESS, SO > DEDICATED...THERE IS HUGE SUPPORT THERE FOR SUCH > PROGRAMS...SADLY, ALL FREE ROAMING CATS ARE HARD ON > BIRDS...SOMETHING TO CONSIDER...IT IS JUST A MATTER > OF > SPAYING/NEUTERING. WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WORKING SO > HARD > I CANNOT IMAGINE AN END TO THE PROBLEM,BUT THEY ARE > PUTTING A DENT IF ONLY TO KEEP THE POPULATIONS IN > CHECK... > I'M OFF TO MY JOB. I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER HAVING YOU > GUYS OUT THERE TO TALK TO. IF I DECIDE TO START UP A > PROGRAM HERE BY TRYING TO GATHER PEOPLE WILLING TO > GET > INVOLVED, IT WILL BE CALLED "MARMALADE'S WILD KITTY > ORGANIZATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I SERIOUSLY FEEL > HE > WAS A SPECIAL CAT...BUT AREN'T THEY ALL? > I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED SOMETHING BAD NEEDS TO BRING > SOMETHING GOOD IN IT'S PLACE. > FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LOST > ON MY STORY HERE, THE REASON I WANTED THIS CAT > TESTED, > IN THE FIRST PLACE, WAS BECAUSE HE TANGLED WITH MY > ADORED KITTY, FEETO. FEETO GOT BIT ON HIS FACE ABOUT > 8-DAYS AGO WHILE THIS CAT WAS CHECKING OUR HOME OUT > AS > A PROSPECT FOR A GOOD LIFE. FEETO HAD JUST RAN > OUTSIDE > TO THE BASE OF OUR FRONT STEP. > MARMALADE, ALSO, SPENT TIME AT MY FRIEND'S DOWN THE > STREET...HE JUST SHOWED UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A > COUPLE WEEKS AGO.I DID ADMIRE THE INTELLIGENCE OF > THIS > CAT FOR THE WAY HE THOUGHT AND I RESPECT A SURVIVOR. > HE WAS BEAUTIFUL TOO, WITH HUGE WHITE FEET. I LOVE > KITTY FEET! I STILL PICTURE HIM...HE DID MAKE AN > IMPRESSION ON ME. > THANK YOU GUYS...LATER, GLENDA > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. > Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. > http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
