I Rescued a Human Today

[slavetoabunny]

A friend emailed me this today.






I rescued a human today.

Her eyes met mine as she walked down the corridor peering apprehensively into the kennels. I felt her need instantly and knew I had to help her. I wagged my tail, not too exuberantly, so she wouldn't be afraid.

As she stopped at my kennel I blocked her view from a little accident I had in the back of my cage. I didn't want her to know that I hadn't been walked today. Sometimes the shelter keepers get too busy and I didn't want her to think poorly of them.

As she read my kennel card I hoped that she wouldn't feel sad about my past. I only have the future to look forward to and want to make a difference in someone's life. She got down on her knees and made little kissy sounds at
me. I shoved my shoulder and side of my head up against the bars to comfort her.

Gentle fingertips caressed my neck; she was desperate for companionship. A tear fell down her cheek and I raised my paw to assure her that all would be well.

Soon my kennel door opened and her smile was so bright that I instantly jumped into her arms. I would promise to keep her safe. I would promise to always be by her side. I would promise to do everything I could to see that radiant smile and sparkle in her eyes.

I was so fortunate that she came down my corridor. So many more are out there who haven't walked the corridors. So many more to be saved. At least I could save one.

I rescued a human today.

 

[NorthernAutumn]

am a puddle of sobs...

 

[purplepeacock]

i'm all sniffles too....i have trouble going to a pet store and seeing all the animals that will probably go to homes that won't keep them forever. I can't even set foot into an animal shelter without having a complete breakdown. and then i get depressed for weeks about the animals with no homes. so sad....

 

[Happi Bun]

:cry4: That's beautiful!

 

[BSAR]

:tears2:So sweet.......:bawl:

 

[kherrmann3]

I'm crying too, darnit! It's sad to go to the humane society. It's wonderful to think of how many humans have been saved, though!

 

[LadyBug]

awww:cry4:. that's so sweet!

 

[Amy27]

I have tears in my eyes that is so sad. I wish I could rescue every animal. Or more then I have. I tried to volunteer at a rescue. I only could handle doing it twice and the second time I talked my dad into taking 2 cats home and I paid for half. I would walk the dogs and when we got close to the door of the shelter and they would come to a dead stop. I couldn't force them to go in. I would sit out there and cry. with them.I wish there was something more we could do for these animals. I hate that loving animals have no one to love. Okay sorry I got going but this is something that I hope I can make a difference with one day. I just don't know how.

 

[Pet_Bunny]

I've been recruited as a volunteer atour shelter because I have been helping out with the rabbits.
This is what I see when I walk down the corridors... :sad:

No wonder, I have been an emotional wreck.

 

[kherrmann3]

Pet_Bunny, you are on my "shun" list for showing me those sad pictures! (j/k hehe)

My mum got her dog, Boogers (Brody) at the Humane Society. He came from a puppy-mill they broke up. I never went in with her to the shelter before she brought him home. I couldn't do it. Now, I haunt the place, giving head scratchies to everyone (except for some of the kitties). I am semi-allergic to them...

I rescued zebra finches... *meep*

 

[TreasuredFriend]

You've got a spot in people's hearts, Pet_bunny. Think of all the companions you've helped.

Beautiful article about the shelter occupant adopting a human, slavetoabunny! thumbs up.

More happy out-of-cellblock transitions, that is - adoptions/rescue, are vitally needed.

Innocently overpopulated, with no forever home/s to belong to.

This SO REMINDS me of sweetheart Karla, and her aggressive-then husband Barry about six months earlier (another dutch on Termination roster).
Karla sat on the floor at the shelter to be fatally injected on June 5, 2005. Had I not walked in to see her there.... with the bottom of the wire cramped cage piled with poo, and her cheek fur worn off, fleas hopping about, and the staff being rather stressed from a 185+ confiscation of neglected animals. Saying she got ringworm, fleas, there wasn't time or space to deal with a minor rabbit... especially when the 600+ brown poops in the cage made her even more unapproachable.

Had I not walked in ... ?? (we'd be a lot richer I suspect from less vet bills).

my heart just breaks from all the love her and I woulda Missed.

Thanks for posting the article.