Farm Animals need homes

Many of you probably already know about this. I was casually searching and noticed that farm animals all over the country need homes. (Of course, as is always the case, dogs and cats do, too).

There are dogs, cats, sheep, goats, pigs, cows, Alpaca, llamas and maybe a few more.

Hope someone finds a home and someone finds a blessing from this thread!

http://www.petfinder.com/search/search.cgi?pet.Animal=BarnYard&pet.Breed=&pet.Age=&pet.Size=&pet.Sex=&location=Clarkson%2C+KY

Aunt_A

That is a great site--I got all four of my dogs on it. They are all pure bred and one is a rare breed. Not that I really cared--but some people do and don't think to look there

So many people think that pure breeds never wind up homeless. But they do. I begged my sister not to breed a dog for puppies because there are so many lonely, hurting, animals that need homes already.

Sadly enough, so many people don't think of animals of a life-long committment. I guess the attitude is use 'em and trash 'em.

My parents took in some chickens that this horrible farmer was just going to bury them if no one bought them for $1.00 each. The poor things had lived in cages their whole life. My parents couldn't even put them outside.

Not only were the chickens afraid of the outdoors, but they couldn't walk. Their legs were skinny and useless. Anyway, if I remember correctly, the chickens lived in the washroom for a few weeks or months until they were stronger.

Once the chickens grew accustomed to daylight and grass, they were let loose in the "chicken-yard". Those chickens were so thankful; they knew mom and dad's voice. They laid a lot of eggs and lived for years.

I love an article about the people in Tibet and how they could now kill their animals and ship them on the railroad to make a lot of money. Some of the families refused and said that when they killed one of their animals for meat that "we cry and the animals cry".

WOW.

Aunt_A, that is a precious story, thanks.

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I get so mad when people tell me how much they paid for their dogs, cats etc. as though it were some sort of status symbol to pay hundreds, or sometimes even thousands of dollars for the latest breed du jour. Especially when I know most of those people will find some excuse to get rid of that animal within a year. I live way out in the sticks and we have animals dumped out by us all the time. In fact, that's how we ended up with our dog and two cats. They just showed up at our house. It was obvious they had all been pets of someone (how many feral mini-dachshunds have YOU seen?) and they were just dropped off out on our country road and left for dead.
About a month ago though, there was a red truck driving real slow on our road, so we watched and sure enough, the b*stard pulled over and shoved out a blue heeler. My husband hopped in the truck and followed the guy and got the liscence plate number and I got the dog and we reported it to the police. Our neighbors took the dog in, and the county is pressing charges against the jerk.

Happens all the time out here also.

My DD at one time wanted to open an animal shelter in our barn to house all the throwaway pets. Thankfully we haven't had any recently.

TamaraFaye,

So welcome and thanks.

We just adopted another kitty. A relative was too old to keep her cat; the cat tore her thin skin and she ended up in the hospital. She begged us to take the cat; I really didn't want a third one right now. Wanted to adopt a dog that I found on petfinder. Oh well, I see that doggie has been adopted.

Heidillyho,

I'm delighted that you got the creep. I can't understand how thinking people can think that dropping out an animal is acceptable. I was a teenager when an adult in leadership said that he feed his dog a steak for his last meal (and the dog wouldn't eat it), then dropped him off in the country. I told him what for and never respected him again. I still don't respect him. How can you respect someone like that?

We've lived in the country a number of times and had the same situation. Seems like people think the animals will live better in the country or maybe that no one will see them if they drop the animals in the country. I just don't "get it".

I saw one part of an episode of "eye for an eye". I think, if I remember correctly, that a man had been caught dropping off a dog in the country. The judge sentenced the man to be dropped off in an unknown place, far from home with no provisions. Taught the man what it felt like. Very interesting.

April

April..there was a certain amount of satisfaction in calling the police, but it's unlikely any charges are going to stick, or anything major is going to come out of it. The police told us that he claimed he let the dog out to go to the bathroom and it "ran off". (this is where I would put the rolling eyes emoticon if we had them). The worst the guy will likely get is a fine. It's just not fair sometimes.
Our dog was a dumped animal too...I went out to go to work one morning and there she was by the garage, half starved and freezing to death with a huge tear on her ear. You could see the line around her neck where she had been wearing a collar.
I applaud that judge. I wish I could do that to every person who dumps an animal like that.

Our cat was dumped off with her sister. Someone shoved both kittens in a paperbag and threw them out in front of our house. We had a hemlock hedge by the road so it was a miracle that my DH found the bag. They were only about 6 weeks old. We kept them both but unfortunetly one of them was run over when she was about 6 months old. We still have her sister; she's about 15. People see a farm and think it's perfect to throw out their unwanted pets. It just infuriates me if someone doesn't want their pet for whatever the reason, be decent and either find a good home or bring it to the local shelter.