and as someone once told me, "forget about visualizing world peace, it's time we start ACTUALIZING it...."
love one another. i don't recall that statement coming with a number-of-legs or freedom-from-virii condition. MC On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Susan Hoffman <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah, that and an end to world hunger and peace in our time....Till, then, > we just keep treading water and do the best we can. > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: MaryChristine <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:40:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] PA Sanctuary > > yes, a sanctuary in every ton would be ideal, but so would a world where > people did not hurt one another and animals just for the fun of it. until > that tim, we have to do the best we can for ourselves and our animals. try > to live our lives as an example to othersand hope they catch on. till that > time, i will continue to take in any cat that comes my way, give them love, > shelter and food. what time God gives them on this earth will at least be > happier for them. this time around, i got 2 by way of my vet. he can't > stand to put them down, so he fixes/heals them and waits for me t come in. > he said i have sucker written on my forehead just as plain as day. dorlis > ---- MaryChristine <[email protected]> wrote: > > just to cause more trouble, as i'm so good at doing, not separating is > NOT > > necessarily the worse thing, if death is the only alternative. FIVs are > > generally the healthiest populations at any sanctuary, and they throw off > > FeLV at the same or possibly a higher rate than any other > > cat--double-positives will often end up testing positive only for FIV > after > > living in a FeLV environment. > > > > remember that most cats who end up in sanctuary settings are NOT up for > > adoption--if they were considered adoptable, and rescues or shelters were > > willing to try to find them homes, they wouldn't be going to sanctuaries. > > while some sanctuaries do have active adoption programs, many do not, for > > very good reasons: they have to spend their time and money taking care of > > unwanted, undesirable, unadoptable cats. > > > > folks who are willing to adopt FIVs and FeLVs are far more willing, also, > to > > be--or equally willing to be--educable about the facts re: the two > viruses, > > and understand that living with FeLVs in order to live doesn't mean > you're > > gonna BE one of the them. > > > > which is not a blanket endorsement of the practice, but if we truly > believe > > what we're saying, and what the research is showing us, we have to carry > it > > out further--it'd be great if there were an FIV/FeLV sanctuary in every > > town, with a separate room for each population, but it ain't happening, > and > > these cats do NOT deserve to die for lack of space. > > > > MC > > > > -- > > Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! > > Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... > > > > MaryChristine > > Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue ( > www.purebredcats.org) > > Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue (www.purebredcats.org) Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team) _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
