Animal abuse

Dear editor:
For all those people who have no morals, or think that dropping off their animals in the country and they will be looked after, think again.
Dogs are dropped off but not as much as cats. Cats seem to be the preference for dropping off in the country.
Most country homes can’t or don’t need any more cats as there are enough to keep the mice population down.
Dropping off an inside cat or dog is even worse. You have left them to fend for themselves after you have looked after them, kept them warm, and fed them.
I don’t mean to say that dropping off an outside animal in the country is any better. You are leaving an animal that depended on you with someone else who is not responsible for it.
Don’t drop off your animal thinking you are doing a good thing because you aren’t. When you drop off a cat, there is no guarantee it will survive.
Your animal is on its own—it either will starve because there isn’t enough food or end up in a fight with other animals as they are new to the area.
It’s unfair to the animal and the people at the home you drop it off at.
People drop off their pet like it’s garbage. Seeing these animals is heart-breaking. They are confused and lost. They cry because they are hungry and shivering because they are cold.
Quit bringing your problems to others. If you want to find another home for your pet, check around and ask around. And before you even think of dropping it off in the “country,” try asking the farmer or home owner first—and get your pet spayed or neutered.
Pets don’t make good gifts. Don’t get a pet unless you are prepared to look after it until its final days, which can be many years.
And be prepared for the cost.
And I can’t say this enough: spay or neuter your pets.
Signed,
Kathy Miller