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DonCoquixote

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23. keep this in mind

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 01:57 AM

Mar 2013

The GOP sees all of us as animals to be abused. They want us all to look like the "before" picture. Rest assured, if any of us get enough abuse, we can be the strays.

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7 stray and abused animals turn into beloved pets: Before and after pics [View all] Emit Mar 2013 OP

/. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #1

Thank heaven for the kind souls in this world. UtahLib Mar 2013 #2

Killer.... MotherPetrie Mar 2013 #3

What are they doing to these poor things to make them look so awful? dkf Mar 2013 #4

quick guess on the dog Rainforestgoddess Mar 2013 #10

Yes poor little guy. dkf Mar 2013 #24

Thanks to easychoice's post #27 below Emit Mar 2013 #59

I cry for happy! tblue Mar 2013 #5

We've been considering a pound dog for several months now Emit Mar 2013 #7

Bless you! cilla4progress Mar 2013 #13

Yep! Animal shelters all the way! calimary Mar 2013 #19

Petfinder.com MsPithy Mar 2013 #14

Yay for petfinder! BrotherIvan Mar 2013 #28

+++ for Petfinder.com alstephenson Mar 2013 #38

Great recommendation! Rob H. Mar 2013 #40

Oh, MsPithy, yes! Thanks for the recommendation! Emit Mar 2013 #61

Thank you for this post! I have 2 rescues. Honeycombe8 Mar 2013 #6

So nice to hear, Honeycombe8! Emit Mar 2013 #67

The people who take in strays mythology Mar 2013 #8

I loved adopting adult cats Warpy Mar 2013 #9

Last time I was at the pound, I was visiting the cats in the cat colony Emit Mar 2013 #11

We've got 2 shelter dogs and 2 shelter cats. Snarkoleptic Mar 2013 #12

K&R DeSwiss Mar 2013 #15

Fiona's story life long demo Mar 2013 #30

Love my shelter kitty... Agschmid Mar 2013 #16

Thanks for posting this, it can never be said enough. There are way too many animals in shelters kas125 Mar 2013 #17

Two years ago a young feral female moved in under our deck proceeded to drop 4 kittens. gordianot Mar 2013 #18

Bless you for having the patience to keep on working with Mama Cat, japple Mar 2013 #45

She is my first adult feral, we took in a kitten half frozen about 9 years ago just a few weeks old. gordianot Mar 2013 #52

That's a great story about the no-tail kitty. A lot of the time, cats who have been bottle fed japple Mar 2013 #56

Nice story, gordianot! Emit Mar 2013 #63

Cats are truly fascinating. I could not imagine ours having kittens in the house. gordianot Mar 2013 #68

WONDERFUL! Zax2me Mar 2013 #20

I have three rescues Milliesmom Mar 2013 #21

What a beautiful family, Milliesmom! catbyte Mar 2013 #26

Catbyte Milliesmom Mar 2013 #29

Yes, I am. I love dogs, but have never lived with one. My dad was a "cat man", so I grew up with catbyte Mar 2013 #33

Thanks so much for sharing Milliesmom Emit Mar 2013 #60

Emit Milliesmom Mar 2013 #71

It is hard to believe those animals survived, SheilaT Mar 2013 #22

keep this in mind DonCoquixote Mar 2013 #23

I am hugging my currently spoiled princess, formerly discarded kitten, catbyte Mar 2013 #25

that first photo is Tad (the abandoned dog) easychoice Mar 2013 #27

Thank you so much, easychoice, for posting those videos of Tad! Emit Mar 2013 #58

You are welcome Emit easychoice Mar 2013 #65

Thanks for posting this, it cheered me up. CanonRay Mar 2013 #31

I just sat here and cried lunatica Mar 2013 #32

We've got a house full of former ferals, hard strays, and rescues. mikeytherat Mar 2013 #34

Why do they want to sleep in the litter pan on Day 1? gordianot Mar 2013 #37

Those are some handsome devils you have there! Rob H. Mar 2013 #42

K&R a million kazillion times Blue Owl Mar 2013 #35

I so miss Vincent, our once feral cat. Tom Rinaldo Mar 2013 #36

That was lovely. Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #64

Tom, thank you so much for this post and your lovely story. Emit Mar 2013 #66

I only buy "Walmart" dogs and cats... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #39

Wow. Amazing. jsr Mar 2013 #41

Those poor babies! smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #43

^^^^^ Helen Reddy Mar 2013 #44

Awful to amazing. kimmylavin Mar 2013 #46

OMG Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #47

Stop cutting onions already!!! Lobo27 Mar 2013 #48

Beautiful RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #49

Made up my mind for me NastyRiffraff Mar 2013 #50

Want to adopt a stray? All my companions have been strays/rescues/throw-aways! :-) REP Mar 2013 #51

Every pet that has ever joined our family was a stray or pound animal. FedUpWithIt All Mar 2013 #53

In the words of our beloved John Lennon.... BeHereNow Mar 2013 #54

Yes, so true, BHN ~ all you need is love Emit Mar 2013 #62

In case you did not know.... BeHereNow Mar 2013 #70

we had one of those when i was younger fizzgig Mar 2013 #55

Du rec. Nt xchrom Mar 2013 #57

It's Tad! a la izquierda Mar 2013 #69

Nice to see they cured 'zombie-ism' in animals. sagat Mar 2013 #72