It was then I noticed that someone had put one of those plastic ties around its neck for a collar, obviously when it was a kitten, because the cat had grown into it so much that it was literally choking the cat to death and it's eyes were beginning to bulge out........I don't know how that poor thing was able to eat.
I ran back upstairs to get a pair of wire cutters but when I got back down there, the cat had gone and I couldn't coax it back.
To this day I agonize over not being able to help it.......I am so damn sick and tired of hearing about cruelty to animals!
Zipper, a small puppy spaniel showed up in our drive way with his collar ingrown into his skin, maggots and all. We removed the collar, doctored him up and we had him for about 14 years, never will I forget him.
You will drive yourself mad dwelling on what you cannot change. Living in the country I have seen strays and have adopted all that I could. All my life, my pets have been other people’s castoffs and throwaways. I would dissolve into a heap if I thought about all the ones I couldn’t save. I simply concentrate on the ones I was able to rescue.(They are my found tresures.) Keeps me sane, warms my heart and makes me smile. :)