It' so sad; everyday I have some kind of encounter with an animal and it gets me teared up. Usually it'to passing a dead animal on the side of the highway on my way to work.But today there was something different. Everyday I check the animal control website looking to see if one of our past cats might be there under lost cats, or else turned in from someone who could no longer keep them. Today I saw my neighbor's dog under adoptable pets page. I used to see him walking him 9 years ago when I was walking my first two dogs who've since passed. In the years since then I'don't see him walking that dog as I walked my two current dogs.It would be a bittersweet sight for me. But that man seemed so devoted to that dog and walked him with such dedication no matter the weather. They seemed very bonded.
The website said the owner turned him in because they could no longer care for him. The dog is having blood work before he can be adopted. I wonder what's wrong with him? He still looks very healthy. In fact, he looks the same as did when I first saw him. I can only imagine what the situation could be. Certainly the dog is old, but would someone turn him in after all those years because they didn' want to deal with him in his old age? He didn'the seem like the type to do that. Maybe he truly cannot afford to care for the dog due to what may be wrong with him!If that is the case, I wish I could do something to help . I wish I could think of something different than what's out there now to help these animals.
But, at least things will be a little better for elephants now that Ringling Brothers will retire theirs by 2018. (See Ringling Brothers).
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