The days have just gone by so quickly (sorry for not writing as I should) and Animals without Limits was handed a problem that is still unsolved. Last Thursday, late evening, I received a SMS about an American family that would move Saturday and had two dogs that they would let out on the street and just leave.
"Unhappy" at this news would be an understatement!
Animals without Limits does not and cannot work directly with adoptions; we help others that are in the adoption effort.
But, because of the immediate nature of the problem, and the fact that we knew some of the intermediaries, we became involved. We simply couldn't have slept at night knowing we turned down attempting to help the dogs! (Note: we are helping the dogs, not the people.)
The situation:
These two brothers (Mario picture above) had lived their whole life (2 years) with this family with three children. They may have been born "stray" and unwanted, but as soon as they were adopted and raised with a human "pack", their instinct and intuition degraded. By now, it is long time gone. The former owner said; "They never leave our garden even if the gate is open."
We came to know of this situation through an intermediary. The "mother" lady was in the same book club as my friend and that is how we got to know, my friend was so upset and so where some of the other members.
What could AWL do?
Even if the Italian law says that you are not allowed to throw out your pet on the street, it doesn't seem to help. Putting a healthy animal to sleep is forbidden here too, and they had tried to do just that but the veterinarian refused.
The family said they had tried everything, with flyer's, church and organization but nothing.
What could AWL do?
Animals without Limits went over to the Reverend and his wife where the two dogs were Thursday-Friday. I wanted to meet the "former" owners! It was a loaded atmosphere from both sides. The dogs where not spayed, not up to date on their vaccination, no microchip and that would take a big chunk out of the foundation's bank account. I said AWL could take care of the dogs if they could help out with a donation to cover the cost of spaying and vacinating them?
It was not a happy face but the husband promised to donate. Still AWL are waiting!
Today there are Internet computers everywhere so to use his Paypal account to transfer to our our Paypal account shouldn't be so difficult, or take a long time.
We are waiting for the Christian Amore!
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