A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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Good morning everyone, it’s the start of a new day and I hope a better one. Sue and I will be going to Greenville, South Carolina today to look at where the house has been staked out on the property. This will give us an idea of where the well and septic tank will have to go.
This is a far cry from yesterday’s activities and will give us a break from the stressful situation. We will be taking Mama with us while Suzie, Hobo, Peaches and Izzie will have a house sitter for the day. My daughter Robin is off work today and has volunteered to come and watch over the flock. Our grandson Austin has been playing football this season and so we hope to be able to watch him play tonight before coming back home.
As far as the animal abuse the local DA and the Georgia director of the Humane Society are working together to make sure this case gets to trial. I was informed that in Burke County no one has ever been convicted of animal abuse and it is going to be a hard road to travel. I believe however this case is as clear a case of abuse as you can get, so I am hopeful of a conviction. Like Code2High said, maybe if folks know there is someone watching out for the animals in Burke County they will think twice before abusing another one. I don’t know where all of this is going and I don’t like to be a part of something like this , it is distasteful and downright ugly, but I guess someone has to do it if we are ever going to see this kind of evil stopped.
For too long dogs have been like property in that there have been no restraints put on abuse in this county. The neglect and the apathy of the care of companion animals has been going on for so long people have accepted it as a way of life. There are the educated and the non-educated and the so called intelligent folks that make up our society down here with a thin line being drawn between the whole lot of them. There are some good people who live here, but for too long folks have turned their backs to what is right just to keep from rocking the boat. The volunteers of the Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue are the few that have taken a stand on the treatment of animals to make sure our companion animals are treated with kindness and given every opportunity at having a good life with great families.
Yesterday when I approached that poor dog, even in his pain he tried to get up to greet me and was wagging his tail in hopes of finding a kind and soft hand to touch him. As I spoke to him you could see the love that he was still able to offer from his battered and wounded soul. All he wanted was to be loved and accepted as a loving creature God had created to be a companion to man. His only fault was that he fell into the hands of cruel people that so abused him that his little frail body was broken to the point he could no longer function as a living being. I am sure there must be a special place at Rainbow Bridge for souls like him.
This is a far cry from yesterday’s activities and will give us a break from the stressful situation. We will be taking Mama with us while Suzie, Hobo, Peaches and Izzie will have a house sitter for the day. My daughter Robin is off work today and has volunteered to come and watch over the flock. Our grandson Austin has been playing football this season and so we hope to be able to watch him play tonight before coming back home.
As far as the animal abuse the local DA and the Georgia director of the Humane Society are working together to make sure this case gets to trial. I was informed that in Burke County no one has ever been convicted of animal abuse and it is going to be a hard road to travel. I believe however this case is as clear a case of abuse as you can get, so I am hopeful of a conviction. Like Code2High said, maybe if folks know there is someone watching out for the animals in Burke County they will think twice before abusing another one. I don’t know where all of this is going and I don’t like to be a part of something like this , it is distasteful and downright ugly, but I guess someone has to do it if we are ever going to see this kind of evil stopped.
For too long dogs have been like property in that there have been no restraints put on abuse in this county. The neglect and the apathy of the care of companion animals has been going on for so long people have accepted it as a way of life. There are the educated and the non-educated and the so called intelligent folks that make up our society down here with a thin line being drawn between the whole lot of them. There are some good people who live here, but for too long folks have turned their backs to what is right just to keep from rocking the boat. The volunteers of the Old Fella Burke County Animal Rescue are the few that have taken a stand on the treatment of animals to make sure our companion animals are treated with kindness and given every opportunity at having a good life with great families.
Yesterday when I approached that poor dog, even in his pain he tried to get up to greet me and was wagging his tail in hopes of finding a kind and soft hand to touch him. As I spoke to him you could see the love that he was still able to offer from his battered and wounded soul. All he wanted was to be loved and accepted as a loving creature God had created to be a companion to man. His only fault was that he fell into the hands of cruel people that so abused him that his little frail body was broken to the point he could no longer function as a living being. I am sure there must be a special place at Rainbow Bridge for souls like him.
