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Top Things to Donate to Animal Shelters
Yahoo Contributor Network ^ | Sep 29, 2008 | Jennifer Bell

Posted on 12/24/2013 10:02:11 PM PST by OSHA

Animal shelters all over the country tend to stay at full capacity. Most are running on a limited budget, and rely heavily on donations. One visit to a shelter, and you can't help but want to help. Some things shelters need are obvious, some are not. Helping may not be as hard as you think.....................

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: animalshelters; kittyping
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To: Sarah Barracuda
This might be about you. :)

Can't Hug Every Cat

41 posted on 12/25/2013 9:11:03 AM PST by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Vendome

That was my first thought...Animals!


42 posted on 12/25/2013 9:41:33 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: IAGeezer912

“The one I like is:

Dogs have OWNERS, cats have STAFF.”
______________________

Mine are:

Cats, like butterflies, need no excuse.
- Heinlein

And...

Beware of people who dislike cats.
- Irish Proverb

(I think there might be a lot to that one)

.


43 posted on 12/25/2013 9:54:13 AM PST by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: Bobalu; All

More cat quotes:

Time spent with cats is never wasted. ~ Colette

“One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty.” – Ernest Hemingway

God made the cat to give man the pleasure of stroking a tiger. – François-Joseph Mery

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can’t see. ~ Eleanor Farjeon

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. ~ Jules Verne

Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place. ~ Paul Gray

You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~ Colonial American proverb

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. ~ Robertson Davies

Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company? ~ Marie Lecinska

A cat will assume the shape of its container. ~ Author Unknown

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ~ Winston Churchill


44 posted on 12/25/2013 10:13:52 AM PST by patriot08 (NATIVE TEXAN (girl type))
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To: patriot08

“When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”- Mark Twain


45 posted on 12/25/2013 10:16:59 AM PST by TurboZamboni ("PEACE ON EARTH TO MEN OF GOOD WILL".)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Job security.

Is that the shelter off Pine?


46 posted on 12/25/2013 10:52:17 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: miss marmelstein

What is the “official excuse” for refusing to adopt out dogs to a known reliable owner at your local ASPCA?


47 posted on 12/25/2013 1:03:57 PM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: who knows what evil?

Cats like heights; it allows them to explore their territory from a safe vantage point. They feel “in control” and “safe” when they are in high places.


48 posted on 12/25/2013 1:05:41 PM PST by Altariel ("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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To: Vendome

“I’d donate feral cats to the shelters....”

There used to be a big nursery-builder supply place, that took cats including ferals.

They suggested 50 lb. bags of cat food, but didn’t insist.


49 posted on 12/25/2013 1:14:19 PM PST by truth_seeker (Nissan)
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To: who knows what evil?
Most cats can be rehabilitated...most women do not want to make the effort. Many men will.

*laugh* I am seriously considering adding that to The List of "Why Cats are Better than Women" that I posted a few weeks back. *grin*
Perhaps I should post it again, along with the list of rebuttals to the "Why dogs are better than men" list that a female FReeper posted in responce. *snicker*

50 posted on 12/25/2013 1:19:52 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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To: Utilizer

Go for it. :-)


51 posted on 12/25/2013 1:29:58 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

Right, then, give us a moment to spin up the backup drive and do a quick search... -good list, actually! Drives the sheilas to annoyance when they attempt to refute it. *snicker*


52 posted on 12/25/2013 1:47:02 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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To: who knows what evil?

Right, then: added to the list. Or did you wish it posted (the newly-revised list) as well?


53 posted on 12/25/2013 2:05:09 PM PST by Utilizer (Bacon A'kbar! - In world today are only peaceful people, and the mooslimbs trying to kill them-)
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To: miss marmelstein

Thanks, for your kind understanding and care.

I have a problem with ALL “animal protection” groups.
When we walk our dog(a Norby), we often see a solid white domestic(?) rabbit. We are in an area that often is visited by wild dogs/coyotes/hawks.
I am presuming a uncaring pet owner turned this animal loose.
I have called animal services, wild life agencies and none will come out to capture this domesticated rabbit. They go as far as to tell me I am not allowed to capture the rabbit. It is a crime(?).
You and I know that the probable outcome is this animal will die a viscous death, as prey..
So please don’t ask me to give those types to go on.
My money and time goes to Veterinarians!


54 posted on 12/25/2013 2:05:11 PM PST by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: Bobalu; OSHA

If you mean the commercials by the Humane Society, I agree, they are horrible. I don’t see the need to show the images of suffering animals. We all know they are there.

When you donate, please give to a local rescue group or local animal group that fosters animals and then finds homes for them. Unfortunately, the US Humane Society is affiliated with PETA and other radical animal rights groups. Some of these groups kill the animals entrusted to them.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2012/01/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-hsus/


55 posted on 12/25/2013 10:26:37 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Altariel

I could not get an explanation from my ASPCA. Then I found a second and third person who had the same situation. I actually think a lot of it has to do with the boredom and frustration of the staff in filling out the papers, doing all the boring office work, when they would rather gossip. I was often told a dog was on “hold” for another person, only to find that the person either never collected the dog or returned it. And I was never contacted even though my name was on a waiting list. I simply gave up and turned to a small adoption service. Got my dog within a week.


56 posted on 12/26/2013 4:14:15 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Richard Lives Yet!)
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