What’s Truth Got to do With It?
I mentioned Monsoon earlier … The gal calls and says, “My husband found this bunny …”. Yeah, right. It’s amazing how many people can’t find it to tell the truth. Correct me if I’m wrong, but lying doesn’t change the truth, does it?
Monsoon [our name], she said, was staying out under the barbecue grill because “we don’t have anyplace to keep him” and she “also noticed” that he had a long tooth. “Maybe the people that turned him loose did so because of that”, she said.
When the man got here, and the bunny was put away, Angel asked him - point blank - “Is this really YOUR bunny?” .. To which he, sheepishly, did not reply.
Well, their conscience is clear now. They don’t think they abandoned the bunny. They will just pretend that they never had a bunny to begin with!
There are a number of definitions of the word “abandon”, but the number one on every list of definitions is:
1. To withdraw one’s support or help from, especially in spite of duty, allegiance, or responsibility; to desert:
We continue to get people, that ask if we’re a “no kill” shelter. This in the same breath as, “I need to get rid of this thing.”
I understand extenuating circumstance, but “stupid”, “insensitive” and/or “self-centered” do not fall into that category - by my estimation.
I have asked these people, more times than I care to remember, “What do you care?… As soon as you turn your back, you’re going to forget that this poor animal even existed.”
“We want him to go to a good home”, they sometimes say. To which I have replied, “Well, there’s no doubt he will be going to a BETTER home, anyway.”
Please talk to your friends about this problem. Getting an animal (and then calling it a pet) because “everyone else has one” is wrong.
Being a “Pet Owner” is wrong. If you cannot be a “Pet Parent”, then don’t get the animal to begin with !
Believe me, folks … This is not a legal issue. This is a moral issue. In this day and age when families, marriage and even children are disposable … what chance to these defenseless creatures have?
Again .. speak to your friends, but more importantly .. teach your children — They sure won’t learn it at school.
