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People help animal shelters without even knowing it
I was reminded once again today of how many people out there are helping this shelter without even knowing it.
I talked with a lady who takes care of two cat colonies and has a host of her own felines as well.
She feeds and medicates and makes sure that all the felines in her care are spayed and neutered and that is such a help to us, it’s hard for me to express it in words.
There are others like her who help in the same way.
Some of these folks bring cats inside their homes and love them for the remainder of their lives.
Some of these folks maintain other outside strays and make sure they have food and water and rabies shots and are spayed and neutered so they don’t make any more cats.
These are the people that take care of cats who never come to the shelter.
These are the people who — out of their own pockets — pay for the services necessary to care for the animals. I want to make sure you understand that — it’s money out of their own pockets that they use to take care of these animals and I think that’s utterly amazing.
They are absolute, beyond a shadow of a doubt, heroes in my mind and I very rarely ever get a chance to see them, let alone say thank you.
