I don't normally ask for purrs here, and I rarely post my purrs, although I
do read the requests and keep them in my thoughts.  I have a friend in need
of some purrs.

My friend "J" works tirelessly TNR'ing ferals, persuading people to
spay/neuter their pets, and rescuing cats.  She even goes to people's houses
and transports their cats to and from the vet, sometimes pays the s/n fee
herself if they can't pay.
This past week has been really hard on her, and she is so burned out.  She
has been working with a family that had 4 cats, 3 females, one male, and a
German Shepherd. She somehow persuaded them to give up the male and one
female cat and she got them into the shelter where we both volunteer.  The
other female was spayed, and the last just had kittens and she was trying to
convince them to surrender the kittens and spay the momma when they are old
enough.  The couple was planning on breeding the dog and selling the
puppies.  Oh, they also wanted to sell the kittens and thought they could
get a lot of money for them since they are white.  All the females have had
at least 3 litters in their short lives :(
Anyway, after working on them for some time, they finally agreed to neuter
the dog.  The dog ended up dying after the neuter from a complication.  The
woman called her up and was very verbally abusive.  J feels awful, like this
was all her fault.  Adding to this, her foster cat that no one would take
was diagnosed with intestinal cancer and is hanging on by a thread.  She had
to take her to the emergency in the middle of the night.
J deals with some scum of the earth people in her spay/neuter ventures.  I
don't know how she does it.  The animals need her, and I would hate for her
to quit.  I told her take some time off and clear your head.  I hope she
takes it.