I am 50 yrs old had it ALL for most my life and now I am poor & starving, almost homeless and terribly depressed....all because of the current financial crisis the world is in & because I spent all my savings on others and well just things. Things that are now all sold for pennies so that I can pay bills, bills, bills and keep myself out of the local homeless shelter with my daughter and my 6 precious cats HA wonder what they would do if we showed up with 6 cats ?.....Here is an example of ANOTHER ONGOING PROBLEM IN THE good ol'USA today
My life of 50 yrs has been filled with numerous animal companions to love & provide for. I think back & remember all the love & happiness they have brought to me & I also can't forget the 8 pets I have now who I love, cherish & protect everyday. ALL STRAYS OR ABANDONED ! In the past I could afford to have pets, no problem. Our economy, it seems is making this providing part harder & harder for me & so many others. I live in McAlpin/ Live Oak area, North Central Florida, just been here a yr, BIG BIG MISTAKE, moved my 8 babies w/me from Ohio. As i go about my daily business i can't help but notice the MANY, MANY, MANY STRAYS in this area ! So many MORE than the busy metro of Cincinnati I left. There is not a day that goes by that I, who, would notice these things, see neglected dogs, cats in fields, on busy roads & hiways, at Walmart p-lot, the library, church, EVERYWHERE! While returning home the other day I saw 5 kittens huddled (5-8 wks old) together in a field wet & starving....i took them to the local Animal Shelter & they REFUSED them!!!NO ROOM! after it took me 1 hr. to russel them to my car for they were starved & scared to death! There is a lady 1/2 mile from my house who is very unfortunate monetarily with 30 PLUS cats & dogs ALL STRAYS who i help when i can with leftover & un-liked food etc. She doesn’t know how to stop taking them in. She sez “they just keep coming!” SHE TOOK THEM IN.... NOT THE FLA STATE Animal Shelter!!! WE JUST CRIED because i knew i was burdening her but what were we to do ??? Use them for fishing bait like the guy down the way!? NOT US! our LOVE saved them for now!I know there are many people things to worry about in our world today....but I mean it i see dogs on the streets, on the dangerous hiways, around dumpters, or dead, or running, starving, cats missing a leg, missing an eye, 2-5 dogs cats in the parking lots of Walmart, the gas station,up to 2-6 EVERYDAY here in Live Oak, FLA & am just heart broken!!! I think sometimes i shouldn't go out for what I might SEE!! I carry around 1/2 bags of dog/ cat food a bowl & a pitcher of water ALWAYS & when I see a stray baby I get honked at, yelled at because i am feeding them & protecting them for just a moment on the side of the road!! I couldn't take them home, i would just end up like my neighbor w/ so many neglected babies to feed...and i can BARELY feed myself & my 8 STRAYS, I've acquired in the last 12 yrs on my SS income!!!! PLEASE pray that God Almighty helps us with this struggle. FEED your pets, keep them close & DO NOT LET them stray to worry ME & others who truly care!??? I feed mine bread soaked in chicken broth when i cant pay $20 plus dollars for their food almost every wk. I WOULD NEVER let them stray from me to become homeless !!!! BUT it seems SO MANY HAVE! I tried to ignore this...BUT I CAN"T... i wish i had a happy story to tell...but its not there!!! I have plans to start an "underprivileged pets" something to help those who need food for their babies but people look at me like I am crazy...but something has to be done....soon! This is not all the neglect I have witnessed here in the SUNSHINE STATE! HA! at nite we are visited by 5-12 stray, abandoned dogs who surround our meager home. These dogs overturn our garbage, scratch at our doors, playing and wagging their tails one minute then fighting the next. Starved alone and fighting for their lives. The local Humane soc. & Animal Shelter here in Hicktown & backwards as heck, FLA told me I HAD TO TRAP THEM because they do not work nights which is the only time we are bothered by the strays !!!!!!!!!I pray & prayPrayPRAY prayHOPE believe have faith that these babies will somehow be saved & find peace!!! before it is toooo late for them...and me! Much love & peace of mind to us all! Please hear our cry's
becklau
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