Помогите животным!

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Ребята,это письмо,крик души,тронуло меня до слез.Да и не только меня.Я никогда не думала,что в Ирландии настолько ужасная ситуация по охране животных.Бродячие собаки попадают в dog pound и если не найдется хозяин или желающий ее забрать,собаку имеют полное право усыпить.Если в dog pound собаку приводит хозяин,то ее могут усыпит на следующий день.Некоторые dog pounds стараются делать все возможное,чтоб не усыплять животных.Они работают с приютами для животных.В приютах работают энтузиасты и настоящие любители животных.Они не получают государственной помощи.Представьте себе,как тяжело им добывать эти деньги,особенно в теперешнее время.Все питомники по Ирландии переполнены.Животных не удается пристроить в семьи с такой скоростью,с какой они попадают в pound.Предрождественнское время работники питомников встречают с ужасом.Люди избавляются от старых собак,чтоб заменить их новыми"подарками".Основные причины,по которым отдают собаку в pound:"Она нам надоела","Мои дети потеряли к ней интерес","Он слишком агрессивный"(это сказано о 4х-месячном щенке) и т.п.
Ребят,я знаю,на форуме много любителей животных.Не забывайте об этих четвероногих,которым никто,кроме нас не поможет.Перед тем,как купить собаку,зайдите на страницу Ashton dog pound или любого приюта(Dogs in distress,AHAR,Cara dog rescue...),посмотрите,сколько там красавцев,породистых и нет,ждут своего хозяина(на данный момент в Ahton pound польская семья отдала годовалого лабрадора-девочку и времени у нее очень мало).Может,там вы найдете своего верного друга.
Если нет возможности взять собаку или котика,помогите денюжкой.На номер 50300 можно отослать смс со словом DID ,или СARA ,или AHAR,или MADRA
А теперь это письмо...Вчера вечером его написала женщина,главная в приюте АHAR.На данный момент у них 70 собак и сегодня или на днях она заберет еще 9 из Kerry dog pound,т.к этих животных должны усыпить.Прочитайте.Может,вас тоже тронет,заставит задуматься,помочь...
Спасибо!
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Animal Heaven Animal Rescue
22 hours ago · Edited
This post I've put off writing with so long.
I think a part of me did not want to face it and the other part of me hoped that the donations would come in to bring AHAR above water and the fact I am run off my feet trying to do so much 24/7 I didn't have a moment to sit and think and gather my own emotions and work out exactly how much we owe right now and the fear I had that I would get very upset and be of no use to the animals.
The last month has pushed me to the wall. Nearly every dog that came in had more vet care needed then the norm. Between all the ex puppy farm dogs and so many of the ones on death row needed other surgeries that drove my vet bills through the roof. That's with the fact they all need the regular treatment. Neutering/chipping/vaccines/kennel cough/worming/de flea. We have over seventy at this moment.
It all costs money. Then add bedding/food/after care/transport/esb/insurance. Our adoption fee's only covers part of it and anyone in rescue will tell you that. But we do it because we cant live without giving our heart out to save them. They have no voice to ask for help. We must pick them up and glue their little lives back together as best we can and then find that special human to walk the rest of their journey together.
I take pride in giving all our animals the best of food, vet care and finding them the fairy tale ending. I love and live for saving each and everyone of them. Anyone will tell you who has ever been around me. Each and every dog get his own whisper in his ear, your safe now, I am here and a huge hug and I mean it in so many ways. I would give my life for them all if I needed to.
Then as you know I only take animals off death row and cruelty situations
(we do help home from home on our adoption page)
I don't go to the pound and hand pick the ones that are easy to home and leave the rest to be put to sleep. I take them all and fall for the plainer more troubled ones faster as I know they were born into a world they never asked for nor would they wish to be a fluffy easy to home pom.
All my own family of dogs were all misfits. One as cranky and damaged as the other. But I fell for them like a ton of bricks. I knew they would never be adopted in a million years. But I had all the time in the world to reach inside and hold their fearful heart until they could manage alone. Now I have a family who everyone loves and everyone would adopt but they are the reason I fight every minute of every day for all the others. They now are my glue in hard times. They remind me I am a rescuer.
If you walked into AHAR tonight. You will see, pallets of feed. Rows of round bales of hay/straw. Bales of bedding.
All the equines are on deep beds of straw. Plenty to eat. Munching away.
All the dogs are indoors. Some in purpose set up stables on raised beds with blankets with deep white shavings on the floor. Others are in purpose built runs with kennels in half of our indoor arena. Plenty food toys and treats. All are vet ready to find new homes bar the ones who have come in, the last week.
So you would look and say wow! This is fantastic for all the animals but how can we fund it you would ask? I would answer with great difficulty.
I am blessed with a team of volunteers around me who would follow me through fire and never question my reason. I have proved my worth to the ones who stand by me every time. They have seen the thousands I've saved with little but a childhood dream in my pocket.
I joke with them and say..... please don't worry, I will get us through this. I will summon my army of supporters and they will help us fight to save them all. And you all do. More times then I could ever count. We find a way to make a miracle happen as a team for that I adore you.
Many of you have noticed so much worry and emotion in the way I write my posts of late. ( Thank you for taking the time to ring/pm/email and see if I am ok, it means a lot)
Part of it is, I witness so much suffering day in day out but the huge part hanging around my neck that is choking me. The bills. The constant bills. You think phew I've paid a big chunk off then bang, your hit with another.
I cant deal with this alone anymore. Its taking the life and soul out of me. I now feel like a robot. I don't usually sleep much, but now It feels like I cant sleep at all. I forget to eat as I am always rushing around. Then we don't get enough volunteers at the fundraisers so I end up standing all day with a bucket to collect donations but having to work before and then after late into the night. The stress is killing me slowly. My health is starting to suffer. Enough is enough now. I am no good to the animals sick with flu and exhaustion.
AHAR is in debt by 36,000 euro at this moment. For hay/straw, feed and vet bills. Three bills. I am worn to the bone with worry.
I have a choice in closing down until we can gather enough to pay it off but so many will die this winter without me all over Ireland or right now give it my best shot to get up and fight once more to try pay it all off. Its a huge amount of money and I just cant keep going or let it get any bigger. AHAR has come such a long way so fast from a rented farm in a bog to the huge amazing premises we all got together. But we are lacking donations to support the constant work and conveyer belt of so many animals coming to my attention for help.
I am running on empty. My world at the moment is taken up by this chain of cement around my neck. I feel like I am slowly drowning.
There is nearly 73,000 fans on my page as we speak. Surely if we put our heads together we can do this.
After a meeting with my team, I've agreed to give it all I've left in me but if we cant raise it. We will have to close for a while. I sound selfish and guilty saying this, but I have to think of my health too if I want to be still doing this in twenty years. There is no point running AHAR into the ground, I want it taken into the future forever long after I am gone.
At this moment. Its the first time in months that I feel like a house has been lifted off my chest. Just by even sharing my deepest worries and fears with you. I couldn't deal with this alone anymore. It was ruining everything about me and what I live for.
So I am asking my army of friends...... do you think we can clear this debt?
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read this. I am sorry to have rattled on but if you saw the relief in my face, you would know the world of good this has done me. A problem shared is a problem halved xx