RESCUES
As many of you know for years i have advocated rescues.
SAVE A LIFE
to me is more important than all the backyard breeders in the entire world.
SAVE A LIFE
has become a part of my heart.
SAVE A LIFE? CAN YOU? YES YOU CAN. RESCUE YOUR NEXT FOREVER BABY. PLEASE
In these pages are included ferals and fosters, for these are lives saved. i have much
respect and love for anyone who can take in and foster a furbaby, and then send
that baby and a part of their heart to a forever home, and i know in my heart
that those of you who do this are very picky about what forever home you release
these wonderful bringers of love to.
From the very bottom of this scarred and battered heart i thank you.
If i had not known the love of a furbaby is very likely i would never have
known the true meaning of the word love.
Love, the word, has had many different definitions by many different beings
in this that we call our world. to me love can be defined in one word. "Furbabies".
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FOSTERS
Can you give your heart completely
knowing it is only for a while,
that you will teach an angel soul
to love and trust then entrust that
part of your heart to another? Can
you take a life into your heart as
a child of your heart knowing they
will be another’s child? For so
many their only hope is for someone
to open their heart and home until
their forever people are found.
So many beautiful souls are saved each
year by volunteer organizations that
depend on foster parents – they have
no facilities, no paid staff, and
depend on volunteers and donations.
The foster parents mean that until
these wonderful souls find their
forever home they live in a home not
a cage, they are part of a family,
and they experience love. Some will
stay with their fosters for a short
time, needing only love and a chance,
others come staying longer until the
perfect home is found, and others come
needing help to heal bodies or souls
or minds. They all come needing and
getting a chance.
For the foster parent it is rewarding
and heart breaking. Rewarding because
these wonderful souls enrich us with
their love and gentle wisdom.
Heartbreaking because all to soon
they must hand over these wonderful
beings to another – often a stranger
– knowing as their heart breaks and
tears flow that it is good and right.
It is a hard path – but for those who
can walk it, it is also rewarding
beyond words.
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FERALS
Feral Cats are often looked down upon.
The loss of these special souls to
the many outsiders looking in means very
little in terms of compassion.
"It's just a barn cat", "Good riddance,
these cats are a real pain in the ass",
"Let them starve","Put some poison out",
"Was it a pet? No? Then who cares!!!",
"What a loser you are for taking care
of these things".
You name it I've heard
them all and sometimes from cat owners.
The fact remains that since these are
not "domesticated" felines they hold little
value to even some of the most
caring people.
JUST A DANG CAT. HUMPH
Does one seriously need to wonder why
these cats have little trust in us?
Some would say and I do agree that adult
ferals many times cannot be tamed or socialized.
Thruth be known, we must have respect for these
wild ones and let them live the life they have chosen.
As Donna Bishop,
Founder, Alliance for Animals states,
"we learn to admire them from afar,
respect them for their lives,
appreciate that quick glance
backwards knowing they acknowledge
our presence and know we are there
for them but we cannot
"cage" or "imprison" these wild souls;
this is not our right
nor our choice for these wonderful animals."
Excerpt, Loving the Feral Soul
By Jean Claude Von Feral, a lover of souls.
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