Top Things to Donate to Animal Shelters

Yahoo Contributor Network ^ | Sep 29, 2008 | Jennifer Bell

[OSHA]

Animal shelters all over the country tend to stay at full capacity. Most are running on a limited budget, and rely heavily on donations. One visit to a shelter, and you can't help but want to help. Some things shelters need are obvious, some are not. Helping may not be as hard as you think.....................

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

This might be about you. :)

Can't Hug Every Cat

[Smokin' Joe]

That was my first thought...Animals!

[patriot08]

“The one I like is:

Dogs have OWNERS, cats have STAFF.”
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Mine are:

Cats, like butterflies, need no excuse.
- Heinlein

And...

Beware of people who dislike cats.
- Irish Proverb

(I think there might be a lot to that one)

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[patriot08]

More cat quotes:

Time spent with cats is never wasted. ~ Colette

“One cat just leads to another.” – Ernest Hemingway
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty.” – Ernest Hemingway

God made the cat to give man the pleasure of stroking a tiger. – François-Joseph Mery

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can’t see. ~ Eleanor Farjeon

I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through. ~ Jules Verne

Cats are kindly masters, just so long as you remember your place. ~ Paul Gray

You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~ Colonial American proverb

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. ~ Robertson Davies

Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share. ~ P.G. Wodehouse

Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company? ~ Marie Lecinska

A cat will assume the shape of its container. ~ Author Unknown

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ~ Winston Churchill

[TurboZamboni]

“When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.”- Mark Twain

[Vendome]

Job security.

Is that the shelter off Pine?

[Altariel]

What is the “official excuse” for refusing to adopt out dogs to a known reliable owner at your local ASPCA?

[Altariel]

Cats like heights; it allows them to explore their territory from a safe vantage point. They feel “in control” and “safe” when they are in high places.

[truth_seeker]

“I’d donate feral cats to the shelters....”

There used to be a big nursery-builder supply place, that took cats including ferals.

They suggested 50 lb. bags of cat food, but didn’t insist.

[Utilizer]

Most cats can be rehabilitated...most women do not want to make the effort. Many men will.

*laugh* I am seriously considering adding that to The List of "Why Cats are Better than Women" that I posted a few weeks back. *grin*
Perhaps I should post it again, along with the list of rebuttals to the "Why dogs are better than men" list that a female FReeper posted in responce. *snicker*

[who knows what evil?]

Go for it. :-)

[Utilizer]

Right, then, give us a moment to spin up the backup drive and do a quick search... -good list, actually! Drives the sheilas to annoyance when they attempt to refute it. *snicker*

[Utilizer]

Right, then: added to the list. Or did you wish it posted (the newly-revised list) as well?

[GOYAKLA]

Thanks, for your kind understanding and care.

I have a problem with ALL “animal protection” groups.
When we walk our dog(a Norby), we often see a solid white domestic(?) rabbit. We are in an area that often is visited by wild dogs/coyotes/hawks.
I am presuming a uncaring pet owner turned this animal loose.
I have called animal services, wild life agencies and none will come out to capture this domesticated rabbit. They go as far as to tell me I am not allowed to capture the rabbit. It is a crime(?).
You and I know that the probable outcome is this animal will die a viscous death, as prey..
So please don’t ask me to give those types to go on.
My money and time goes to Veterinarians!

[Pining_4_TX]

If you mean the commercials by the Humane Society, I agree, they are horrible. I don’t see the need to show the images of suffering animals. We all know they are there.

When you donate, please give to a local rescue group or local animal group that fosters animals and then finds homes for them. Unfortunately, the US Humane Society is affiliated with PETA and other radical animal rights groups. Some of these groups kill the animals entrusted to them.

http://www.consumerfreedom.com/2012/01/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-hsus/

[miss marmelstein]

I could not get an explanation from my ASPCA. Then I found a second and third person who had the same situation. I actually think a lot of it has to do with the boredom and frustration of the staff in filling out the papers, doing all the boring office work, when they would rather gossip. I was often told a dog was on “hold” for another person, only to find that the person either never collected the dog or returned it. And I was never contacted even though my name was on a waiting list. I simply gave up and turned to a small adoption service. Got my dog within a week.