Animals Have An Amazing Capacity To Forgive. Can We Learn From Them? KITTY RESCUE

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.theanimalrescuesite.com/possumhumanesociety-rescue/


Every single day, animals remind me of the simplicity of love. It doesn’t take a lot of work to show them you care, and they return that affection so easily. So, what happens when animals are treated this badly? Do they have that capacity to forgive that we can learn from? I’m just so happy that all the cats were rescued and that Possum is doing great!

[TexasTowelie]

1. Possum kind of looks like an outdoor cat

that I've been taking care of over the past year. His name is Smoky and it took a long time for him to warm up to me. Smoky has mottled dark spots scattered throughout his body and unfortunately he is alone now. The woman that used to watch after him died recently and her family took the other gray outdoor cat (Thimble) when they removed her belongings. Unfortunately I cannot provide him an inside home due to my personal situation, but I at least make sure that he is fed, has water and I'll pet him a couple of times each night so that he has some human interaction.

[restorefreedom]

2. looks like a different cat after treatment

thx to the humane heroes and shame on people who hurt animals.

[artislife]

3. I am taking care of a rescue kitty right now

Who knows what happened to her. She is frozen. .hardly will move out of fear. In the last week I have gotten her to eat wet food and purr. Little soul.

[hunter]

4. Our adopted dogs always have rough previous histories with humankind.

That's how they end up in the animal shelter.

I don't know what it is about dogs, cats, (and even those cats who will never ever be comfortable in a human house, but are fine to rub up against your legs and acknowledge your existence), they have this incredible ability not to see all us humans as all rotten, even dogs and cats who have been abused by humans.

All our dogs ever, many who'd been treated by previous humans as little more than fashion accessories or tools, radiate joy to be accepted into our home as family.

Not to say it's all sunshine and roses, our adopted husky took about a year before he stopped peeing in the house, and he still doesn't understand (and maybe never will) that it's not polite to dig through the household trash, or choose any household pillow as a toy to gleefully rip apart, but he likes people, he loves people, even though his first people kept him chained up in their backyard 24/7, illegal in California, which is how he ended up in the animal shelter. He has worn teeth from chewing on his chain.

I'm not sure I'd ever recover from a bad experience like that.

[hifiguy]

5. Who's chopping onions in here?

Wonderful story, and what a sweet kitteh!

[Omaha Steve]

6. ME

[okasha]

7. Thanks, Steve.

I always enjoy your articles and posts about animals.

[UTUSN]

8. That's why we/I love critters. I can't/won't do that/forgive. n/t