11-27-2015, 04:00 AM
(11-26-2015, 04:57 PM)Catherine Wrote: The hamsters were definitely safer with me. If they could leave them behind like that, who knows what else they might have done.
Sometimes animals come to us for a reason. They were no trouble and they were older hamsters, so they lived out their lives in peace. I doubt they would have had peace where they were. If they were careless the dog might have gotten at them. They were definitely safer with me.
So what excuse do all the other people have for dumping their pets.
Personally, I think there is never an excuse. That is a life, someONE who loves the person and calls their home its home. There is no excuse just as there wouldn't be for 'dumping' a child when finances or other things got tough along the way.
It is quite widespread. Even a local animal Rescue where I live, gets pets abandoned there for various different reasons. Now, that is the kinder form of abandoning a loved one! Though no comfort of course to the animal who is grieving.... knows it has been left and its loved ones have walked away....will hang on and wait to the point of obsession, for them to come back....will sometimes suffer deep depression and withdrawal.
And the humans' reasons?
They are getting divorced...they are having a baby and are scared about the animal's interactions with their new fur-less one....they are moving house....they got a new job....their older mother needs care....they are going on holiday....the dog/cat poops or peeseverywhere....their dog hasn't been trained properly and may jump on people or growl at them....the list is endless.
Not good enough reasons. There never would be a good enough reason.
It has become a throw-away society in many ways. Something doesn't work? Get a new one. No don't bother getting it mended or managing with it (as we all used to do in the old days) but throw it out and get a new one.
That can include spouses, too! So is there any surprise that some people treat their animals the same way?
