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Originally Posted by Sliver
I can't help but think $3000 could help the world in more important ways than going toward this surgery.
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Read this epic tale and see if you can find your "humanity" by the end:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,1193566.story
You can't solve all the problems in the world but you can solve a few once in a while. Generally, I'd rather solve an animal problem than a human one.
I actually dealt with a situation similar to Bulldog Blue about eight years ago. A momma cat and her six kittens. Long story short, after abuse in the pet store and my wife collecting them all and bringing them home, we had one day to decide on euthanasia for the momma or have BOTH her back feet amputated.
So, I had known this cat only one day and I was looking at a $1,600 bill. We went ahead with the amputation process and afterwards, without being asked, the surgeons at Western Veterinary donated their time, cutting the bill in half.
Polly resides in our home today, clumping along. Like most animals, she has adapted well to her handicap. Unlike humans, they don't carry around the emotional baggage. They adjust and get on with it. Polly only goes outside with human supervision but caught four incompetent mice in an hour a few weeks ago. Our previous Golden Retrievers and the current two are all afraid of her.
Good luck to Blue!!!
Intrepid Polly, back legs but no back feet, lucky to be alive and not afraid of much . . . . .
Cowperson