that is my problem, rural area about 2hrs drive from St. Louis, with no no kill sanctuary. i don't know about your area, but around here, a bullet is cheaper and easier than dealing with the animal is the general opinion. they all think i am nuts for taking in stray cats and dogs. ly take them in, but bring them in my house and take them to the vet and spend all that money! dorlis ---- Sharyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tamara, good advise. I'd love to volunteer at an organization that provides > a final home for cats. My problem is I live in a rural area in VA with no > sanctuaries within 100 miles. The local SPCA is pretty worthless when it > comes to cats. > Sharyl > > --- On Fri, 10/31/08, tamara stickler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: tamara stickler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Seeking homes for cats after death > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 1:29 PM > > Just a word of advice, watch where you wind up leaving your cats. If it is to > be to an organization, I would suggest you become active volunteers of the > organization NOW and keep up a face to face envolvement throughout the rest of > your life! > > By volunteering I have gathered intimate knowledge of an organization that I > once thought was wonderful...and grew to knew it to be a place were I > wouldn't leave a bug, much less a loved one, but you'd NEVER know it to > visit or to read the newsletter. > > The more I volunteered at different organizations the more I have become > convinced that as I go through life, I (and I'm only speaking of myself > here, not passing judgement on anyone else or meaning to preach) have to be > certain to only take in as many animals at a time as I have friends and > relatives to take care of them should something happen to me. Even then, > there > is no guarantee. > > But if you are active, involved physcially NOT just financially, you will > make contacts with others who have the same interests and concern as you do. > Then, even should the organization take a turn for the worse, you still have > personal contacts who may take a personal interest in your cats and do > everything in their power to make certain they get a fair shake...even if the > organization is full and can't take any more animals at the time you need > them to. > > Remember, being physcially involved can be a low stress as you need it to > be....from just visiting every week or so, to perhaps groom or play with the > cats being sheltered to answering phones to working the occasional weekend > adoption events. > > Tamara > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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