Loss of pets, animal friends to me is devastating, I am so very against people allowing their pets to run wild, for the naimal's safety they should be let out in a fenced area and then of course let back in the home, I am a dog owner, animal lover, you know the type, I regard the loss of my pets and others as as sad as when I have lost human loved ones. . . but that is me.
I had an incident, about 3 weeks ago (I live in the country) a dog was running along the road, I stopped my car as several others did and got out and held her by the ring in her collar, she was so poorly neglected, but well fed, she looked like a husky mix, her fur was so badly matted, well you know how much worse this gets, bad eye infection, and she was a sweety, well another woman stayed by me as we spoke to her and she was sitting pawing at us to pet her and then she got so comfy she sat and then lied down finally after placing 911 calls and waiting for a response this woman in her new fancy SUV gets out and asked has she been hit? We said no we saved her from it and her owner apparently has neglected her, she said "she's my dog", we told her that the dog needed to be groomed immediately, the poor thing was gross, smelled had flea feces all in her skin, infected eye, overgrown nails, the whole scene from Animal Cops (animal planet show) her reply was "my groomer is sick with cancer and I do not trust anyone else to groom my dog".
This woman was a real moron, I mean C'mon, a animal owner lets their dog get this bad off, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
She said "thank you" and pulled into the drive of her mini farm/fruit stand, she also has a few cows, a pig, and goats, and they look neglected, I was so angry that she could be such a fool. . .maybe I am the fool for being so caring about other people's pets?
Well, after she drove off, Animal control guy pulls over, we told him about her and the dog, he shook his head and said this is horrible but the best he could do is to use the excuse of the dog's rabies tag being expired, and lack of a license to drop in on her, well I hope he did and I hope he also got a look at the condition the other animals were being kept.
A good thing I am not an animal cop or animal control person, I would end up losing it and maybe going off on people like this woman.
Sorry, I just had to add my 2 cents and let you know how I can relate to your post, I hope you'll be able to get this horror out of your mind in time, it is so so sad I know.
Please take care now,

DE

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