If there's anything that distresses me as much as cruelty to children it's seeing an animal being abused or injured. I can't watch the RSPCA ads because they make me cry, and if I see two cats fighting and one is suffering I'll intervene. When I was living in Birmingham a frightened rat ran over my foot when I was on my way back from the shops, with a cat chasing it - so I let the rat past and made sure to frighten the cat off (I've owned domestic rats and I love them). A couple of months ago I brought a mortally wounded Blackbird home with me so it could die quietly in a box in the garage rather than be a victim of local cats or larger predator birds.
Sadly I was forced to give up my two beautiful black cats 13 years ago when my son was born disabled and I had no support; I wish they'd not been put in a cage, but on the other hand someone fell in love with them and took them home the following day. Not all animals are that lucky, and certainly most aren't given up out of love (I wanted my cats to continue having the love and care and fuzzles that I could no longer find the time to give them after my son was born) :(
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Date: 2009-07-25 03:52 pm (UTC)Sadly I was forced to give up my two beautiful black cats 13 years ago when my son was born disabled and I had no support; I wish they'd not been put in a cage, but on the other hand someone fell in love with them and took them home the following day. Not all animals are that lucky, and certainly most aren't given up out of love (I wanted my cats to continue having the love and care and fuzzles that I could no longer find the time to give them after my son was born) :(