Reading all about the different bill about S/N,,,and breeders,,and puppy mills and knowing some people are trying to do something to change things, makes me feel kind of good. Except that I keep reading the arguments on all sides. But driving home from work at my veterinarian clinic today, I was so bummed thinking about all the strays, mainly thinking cats and kitties. Lately..every week someone either comes in with a box or calls with a problem...stray cat or kitties at their door. A couple of days ago it was a fellow that called to ask what to do with a kitten who looks like he got into a fight with a racoon. Today a girl called up and said that she lives in an apartment close by,,there had been a cat around her door and it was super skinny. She felt bad and fed it a few times. It was running around with a smaller cat. The past few days she noticed it was pregnant, she can't take it in...she feels so bad for it and especially because its going to have babies soon... and has called everyone she could think of looking for help.
Most of these people do call rescues, police, animal wardens who never return calls. They do'nt know what to do and eventually call veterinarians. It makes me so sad. Honestly..that is one of the parts of my job that I hate the worst, having to deal with things like this...not being able to help the people that are trying to help the strays. I want to bury my head in the sand and pretend this doesn't happen. I wish I could help! I wish it didn't make me feel so bad. Honestly, I probably will leave my job one day just because of these kind of things. I don't know how people handle working at shelters and rescues.