Thank the companion animal workers
As summer begins in the region, many around us have cause to celebrate the season, but for volunteers and professionals involved in companion-animal welfare activities the season offers little to celebrate.
Since late winter, homeless cats have been reproducing, with their second litters already nearing birth. Discarded pets of all kinds are tossed aside when they prove to require more maintenance than a Christmas toy. The phone lines of rescues and shelters all over our region are now clogged with tearful petitions, needs for favors, and imperial demands about unwanted felines, canines, and other species.
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Most members of the community, uninitiated in the realities of pet overpopulation, expect immediate, unquestioning response – not something most organizations can offer given the laws of physics. It’s a tough time of year, and the year has really just started.
Many of you have a friend, family member, or co-worker who volunteers for a local rescue or shelter. Others know a professional at a shelter or in a municipal office. Anyone not involved in this work cannot begin to imagine the incomprehensible cruelty and suffering your friend, family member, or acquaintance witnesses virtually every day. Please take a few minutes to thank him or her for having the guts and the heart to continue, especially when the job takes on nightmarish proportions. These are truly special people, people who act rather than turn away.
Christine Arnold
Lewisberry
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