Why We Need Animal Cops ?

How lots of of us sit glued to our tv sets when "Animal Cops" is on Animal Planet? I am not ashamed to raise my hand. I watch every episode that I can.

With each new episode, I learn something. I also become more frustrated at the shortage of available services for our pets.

Still, this renter continues to accept animals in need. night, they receives a young puppy so desperately ill they cannot nurse any longer. A puppy so ill that they requires emergency veterinarian care. They is so weak that they is unable to even hold his head up or drink a small bit of water.

Picture in the event you will a scenario: A renter is necessary to pay a definite amount per each pet; two pet maximum. Yet, this renter cannot help but take in animals in need, even going as far as to hide them from her landlord. After all, every dollar helps when is trying to help animals, and, being over the allowed amount of pets, they faces legal eviction.

As I sit and write this, that puppy is sleeping mere inches from me. Yes, I am anticipating his death tonight. I do not like it, but that is the way it is.

There is no vet to be found. Knowing this puppy will likely die that night, the renter does what small they can to keep the puppy warm and comfortable, and waits for him to die.

Now, if I were living in New York City, or the surrounding areas, which is where I hail from, I could basically call the ASPCA and feel secure that on officer would come and rescue this animal.

After looking for emergency vet care, or even an open shelter, I came up empty. The veterinarian within miles of me has an answering machine with a message to call back in the coursework of business hours.

But because I live in a small town in Alabama, that is not an option.

Thus, this puppy will likely die tonight. As I watch him struggling to breathe, an horrible mix of emotions overwhelms me. I am angry, frustrated, mournful, and feeling amazingly helpless. I do know I cannot save this puppy.

If even agency like the ASPCA existed in each county in our country, lots of more pets could and would be saved.

Here in the South, animals are often looked on as property. That is reason they don't have access to such agencies. Animals basically are not a priority here and are not often viewed as pets.

It is very common to drive down any street, country road, even a neighborhood and see canines chained forever to their doghouses, with small, if any room to exercise.

Another issue they have in Alabama is that it is of the poorest states in the country. People basically cannot afford to spay or neuter their "property", and feel it is not their responsibility, if their pet is male.

The result is litter on litter of undesirable, abused and neglected animals who otherwise could have made some brilliant pets.

They rescued such a cat a few months back. They was an outdoor kitten, and when his house burned to the ground, his owner threw him as well as a sibling in to a sack and headed for the lake. Somehow, this boy managed to escape not only the sack, but the automobile as well.