Saturday, July 14, 2007

Why do the right thing?

Someone dumped a cat off in our neighborhood back before the winter. He started to hang around our house, we fed him, eventually brought him into the garage when the winters got really bad. Over time, my cat allergies never adapted to him, and my mom doesn't want another pet right now, so we're trying to do the right thing and give him the APL or Humane Society. But every one we've talked to so far keeps telling us they won't take him. Portage, Summit, Geauga counties all said no, and probably not for 2-3 months even, and this is after 3 weeks of making phone calls. So, the asshole that dropped him off and didn't care less gets away with their hands clean, and we're left to take care of the situation and for trying to do the right thing, we're paying for it. So, why do the right thing? If you say doing the right thing helps you sleep at night, guess what, it doesn't do me a lick of good anymore. I'm just getting really tired and fed up from having to put forth so much effort to do what's right, only to have some lazy asshole come along, cruise through, and give me more crap to try to make right. This doesn't mean I'm going to stop doing what's right, since it's burned into my dna for life, I'm just very frustrated right now. I realize that expecting to get anything for doing what's right is pointless, it just really irritates me when lazy/bad people have an easier time in life than those of us who give a damn.

bah humbug!

Don't mind me, just needed to vent, I'll be fine.
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2 comments:

GLITTERGIRL said...

something to think about....

how do you you know a "lazy asshole" dumped that cat off?

i mean, odds are that you're right.

but when i started working with people who volunteer at animal shelters (like the APL) i found out animals are abandoned for all kinds of reasons.

women "dump" their pets off when abusive boyfriends or husbands threaten to kill their cat or dog.

someone dies of cancer and leaves behind a pet no one in the family wants.

old people die and have no family to take their old dogs or cats.

animals find themselves without homes for millions of reasons. you tried your best with this cat. imagine trying your best for up to 80 dogs in one week (the amount they get at the cleveland kennel).

you could try to find someone with a farm who has a barn with cats. you could start contacting small animal rescue groups (go to petfinder.com to find them) and offer a decent donation if they will take the cat.

i hate the way most people in this country treat animals. and i hate the way someone good and decent (like you) gets discouraged.

humans are overrated.

7/15/2007 11:23:00 AM
copaX said...

Ok, scratch "lazy asshole" and replace with "someone who was looking for the easy way out with their animal" All of those situations you described are still the same problem. Someone left their animal someplace they had no idea it was going to be taken care of or not. And they forced the people who lived there to make a choice, to either ignore the animal, or to try to take care of it. They forced their problem on someone else. All of those people could do the same thing you suggested to me, trying to find a farm, asking if they would take the animal. But they don't. They take the easy way out and just "dump" the animal off and walk away. Maybe "lazy asshole" was the wrong term to describe them, but the people doing the "dumping" could do the same thing we're trying to do.

And I have no animosity towards the APL or Humane Societies, I understand that they're faced with impossible odds. And we're willing to pay whatever amount we need to to have someone take the cat, that's not an issue either. It's just frustrating that due to whatever circumstances we're being prevented from doing just that.

7/15/2007 11:47:00 AM

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