10/03/2026
We are
This is why!!!
People don’t see the side of rescue where we are grieving the ones we couldn’t save. When everyone else turned their heads but us. We are constantly grieving other peoples neglect. This image may be offensive to some but to me it’s a reminder she had someone see her, someone got to grieve her & someone tried to save her. How crazy is it I had to beg the person whose property she was on 3 years ago, just to get her spayed? And 3 years later I get a call she’s dying. Did they notice she was declining months before the call. Maybe, maybe not. Either way she didn’t get a fighting chance because “she’s an outdoor cat”, “it’s unnatural to get them fixed” & “maybe she just wasn’t strong enough” These are the type people you meet when you do TNR. One thing I’ve learned while doing rescue is just how easy it can be to become bitter. Constantly explaining why they can’t just live off of hunting, constantly explaining why they shouldn’t keep reproducing. As the cats are skin and bones because they don’t get fed anything but parasitic mice. (If their lucky to have caught anything that day) As multiple of the litters have died in front of them. As multiple of the females that keep having litter after litter look 10x older than they should. As cats with baby teeth are already pregnant. As the cat who got injured/attacked waits outside to be put out of their misery. As the toms are all scratched up and mangled from fighting each other. Sometimes you really get tired of explaining empathy to people who just don’t have it. Everyday’s a reminder of why you do rescue. Because if not you, who?