Abandoning Pets

My coworkers has had a wonderful cat for several months now. Affectionate, playful, and cute. She adopted the cat from a rescue organization after the previous owner surrendered it saying they wanted a dog instead.

I've read many stories of cats and dogs walking cross country to rejoin their families.

I have also seen lots of stories about people just leaving cats and dogs behind when moving, dumping them.

Many of these animals can't survive on their own. In the rescue videos I have seen such animals are often starved and sick.

Probably the worst case is people buying domesticated rabbits for Christmas and Easter gifts. Domesticated rabbits are different species than the American cotton tails you see running around. They have no ability to survive. When they are dumped they often go hungry before another animal kills them.

Cats and dogs recognize their owners. They remember them, they bond with them. Aside from the physical hardships of being dumped they likely suffer emotional pain from having the people who cared for them abandoning them.

Please don't dump your pets.

At the least surrender them to a shelter if you can no longer take care of them.

Think very hard before getting a pet. Know that it is at least a 15 year commitments.