I wanted to give you another vote of support. We share our lives (and meager income) with two dogs, a cat and two parrots. We do not understand why people have pets that they do not give adequate care to. We don’t have cable t.v., we don’t go to movies, we don’t take vacations or go to fancy restaurants. We have happy, healthy companion animals that enrich our lives beyond measure.

Thank you for being brave and speaking out. You certainly have not alienated us.

We’re pulling for Sunny!

Thank you for all the work you do to promote animal welfare. You’re a true hero.

I do foster cat care for a rescue, as well as help out and adopt rescued rats from my friend who runs a rat rescue, and the huge amount of animals being dumped daily is enough to make you turn away from humanity. Spaying and neutering is a basic nessecity when you get an animal, or else you should be prepared to care for every baby it creates!

You are such a wonderful person to care for these sweet creatures who come to you needing so much. Everyone needs to realize the costs of caring for each animal and only have as many as they can afford to care for completely.
NO animal should have to go through what Sunny has.

Good luck with her, I truly hope that she can live as close to a normal life as possible, and no longer be in pain.

I have spent almost $2000 fixing John Bob’s broken foot. He was my FREE duck. People need to understand there is no such thing as a FREE PET. With pets comes responsibility. It you can’t handle the responsibility do not take it on. Let some one take it on that can handle it. It is not fair to let the pet suffer.

~Leah
a.k.a. John Bob’s mom

We all learn from mistakes we make when caring for animals. But there is a difference between learning and neglect. Sunny was neglected. As was Jane, Lily and Sam. RIP Jane.

It seems as though it’s been a tough year with rescuing badly neglected ducks. Jane comes to mind and she still brings a tear to my eye. Now there is Sunny. What makes me most sad is that animals just want to be cared for. They may be in terrible pain but their unconditional love continues, whether a human deserves it or not. Because that dear sweet hurting animal doesn’t know any better. Until it starts to get the care it needs and lives in conditions that allow it to thrive it simply tries to exist as best it knows how. Pain or not.

Tiff you hit the mark with your rant. I applaud you for telling it like it is.

While some rescuers start out with good intentions – if you can’t get the animal proper care, make a car payment, etc then the animals in your care are now being neglected. IMO there is a point where there is no gray area. It’s black and white.

I hope that the bad patches in Sunny’s life are over and that he can live true to his name – sunny days ahead!