I am not a very emotional woman. I don't cry at movies or make goo-goo noises at every baby I see in the mall. I don't melt at the thought of romantic gestures or give to charities that bother me via phone while I'm watching television. However, there is one cause that hurts my heart. I say it that way because my heart literally aches. The picture you are looking at is an unwanted animal. She is lucky, because she is purebreed, blonde and a puppy. But most animals in her position are not so lucky. They will never see a field of green grass or nutrious food to eat. They will spend a few days in a local pound before they are quietly disposed. We live in a disposable society. Everything can be thrown away and replaced with something bigger and better. This year alone The National Humane Society has recorded over 6 million dogs and cats across the country in pounds and rescue organizations. ITS ONLY JULY!!!! 3 Million of those animals will be adopted. The average unspayed female cat and her descendents will produces 420,000 cats in one year! The average unspayed female dog and her descendents will produce 47,000 puppies. (humane society stats, http://www.humanesociety.com/) Here's another scary stat from ours friends at the humane society- "61% of dogs and 75% of cats entering shelters are euthanized".
Summit County Animal countrol is back in the news again. It appears that they don't have enough money from the state of Ohio to afford adequate doses of drugs to fully kill the animals. So they are administering half doses and dumping half-alive animals in landfills. If you don't think this could ever happen in your neighborhood, think again!!! It happens every single day. Because we don't see it, we don't think about it. Stop the cycle! Don't buy dogs and cats, adopt them! So many animals die because no one cares. I only hope that people will see the error of their ways and stop hurting God's gift!
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