Hi Lorrie I totally agree with you. I too have seen people who will spend lavishly on their own animals but wouldn't cross the street to help a homeless stray. But Lorrie, I think those people are the minority. I think that once an animal comes into your life and opens up your heart, it allows you to care a lot more for the animals around you and be more empathetic about the plight of animals other than your own.
As I said in my earlier post, given the depths people will descend to, I would never put it past some unscrupulous clinics to abuse donor cats for blood transfusions, but I believe that most vets are pretty ethical people and most animal owners are animal lovers so I would think that any abuses are in the minority. I think it makes excellent sense to keep your concerns in mind though Lorrie, and to ask a lot of questions to ensure that donor cats are well cared for at any clinic where blood transfusions are offered. As I mentioned, up here in Canada - even though I live close to Toronto which is pretty much the "centre of the universe" in Canada - there are extremely few clinics where blood transfusion is even offered, and most are these ER clinics where they charge you $100 just for the privilege of sitting in their waiting area! Amani -----Original Message----- From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie Sent: May-14-16 10:55 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany Post trimmed............. Thank you for writing to me, Amani. I just wrote about my experience with blood donations, but I did want to comment on the paragraph below. Sadly many clients who go to vet clinics do not really love or care about cats other than their own. They will pay huge vet bills to keep their own cats or dogs alive and yet they would not help a stray cat or dog. I have seen so much of this during my long life and it really upsets me. Lorrie On 05-13, Amani Oakley wrote: > Lorrie > > Perhaps you have had a bad experience wherever you went, but it seems > odd to me that a clinic would offer cat blood transfusions (which are > pretty high end treatments) and not treat the cats well because owners > who would and could spend that kind of money on their cats are > obviously very very concerned about animal welfare and would expect > and demand a certain level of ethical treatment of the donor cats. > > I wouldn't hesitate to transfuse a cat, if that was needed, but it is > very expensive and out of the range of what most people can > realistically afford. However, this is why I was so annoyed that no > one told me about the Winstrol, because it probably could have saved > me close to $10,000, not to mention the trauma of a transfusion on > both donor and recipient! > > Amani > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
