It does not
serve as a warehouse of animals, animals are living beings and all need a home.
It does not
serve as a breeding ground for animals by joining males and females, the homes
that take in puppies cannot be used as homes to place any adult that has not
asked to be born and that got to us because of somebody’s senseless doing. Fundamental issues are sterilization and
castration, also when some female arrives here pregnant.
It does not
serve to cure our frustrations, for this there are psychologists, a little more
expensive but certainly better therapy.
It does not
serve for anybody wanting to get rich at the cost of the animals.
It does not
serve to satisfy your need of prominence and importance
It does not
serve to satisfy our need of power, power over what? Some poor animals and poor
volunteers that think you are the big saviour of animals; a sad thing if
somebody gets involved in animals rescue because of that reason and believe me
there are a lot of people like that and I know many of them.
It does not
serve to make animal abandonment easier by picking up unwanted animals without
a problem; this would only be just another version of abandonment.
It does not
serve as a dumping ground for galgueros and hunters who want to get rid of
their dogs and I don’t want any emotional blackmail that if we don’t they will
have to kill then, because what they need to do is to uphold the laws and all
these animals are subject to the laws.
It does not
serve as a pickup service, for the official authorities are abusing the love of
animals that we people have so they don’t have to pay at all or not enough for
the service of picking up the abandoned animals for them, leaving it all to us.
It does not
serve as a free veterinary service because you “just don’t feel like paying for
it”.
It does not
serve as a collection service of your animals when you go on holidays, this is
called a holiday home for dogs, not a refuge.
It does not
serve as an escape to forget about those animals that will never be able to
find an adoption home and you leave them there because you don’t want to take
the responsibility of having to put them to sleep painlessly.
Dear reader,
check that your refuge does not serve for these things.
Loving kisses
and hugs and licks and purrs from the dogs.. Fermin
