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Helen Reddy

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Reply to Emit (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2013, 07:05 PM

Mar 2013

Bless all of you who have opened your homes to these neglected and tortured fur friends.

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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