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Cat Forum / Rescue / February 2004cat attacked by dog..financial help needed
I take care of 9 cats which were all homeless. I just witnessed one of the cats attacked by a pit bull. she is in need of emergency help and i do not have any money....just 27 dollars. i have called every clinic in the los angeles area for help...none would help me and check her. she is on my couch, has some puncture wounds and needs attention. i do not know what to do...is there any organization which will help me with this emergency? please, please let me know. i just got my last unemployment check 2 weeks ago and have no income what so ever at this moment...please help Perhaps you should try the local ASPCA for your injured animal. Perhaps we should try the local attourney general for your scam. Or, at least abuse@cox.net. >From: "auntminniesmarvels" <auntminniesmarvels@cox.net> >Newsgroups: rec.pets.cats.rescue [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >my last unemployment check 2 weeks ago and have no income what so ever at >this moment...please help ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups WHY WOULD YOU SAY SUCH A THING...I WAS HOPING SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT A CAT THAT WAS HURT. I DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO TAKE HER TO A VET AND SHE HAD PUNCTURE WOUNDS ON HER STOMACH. I TAKE CARE OF 9 CATS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE A HOME OR FOOD OR LOVE. I FEED THEM BEFORE I FEED MYSELF. WHY WOULD YOU TURN ME IN FOR SCAM.???? I THOUGHT THESE GROUPS WERE TO HELP ONE ANOTHER...I WAS NOT ASKING FOR MONEY ...I WAS HOPING FOR SOME ADVISE OR HELP FOR THIS CAT...YOU MUST BE A VERY RUDE INDIVIDUAL > Perhaps you should try the local ASPCA for your injured animal. > Perhaps we should try the local attourney general for your scam. Or, [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Organization: Cox Communications > >Path: text-east!propagator-sterling!news-in-sterling.newsfeeds.com!newsfeed.icl.ne t!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!peer01.cox.ne t!cox.net!p01!fed1read02.POSTED!not-for-mail > >Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.pets.cats.rescue:21434 > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups > ---= =--- >Perhaps you should try the local ASPCA for your injured animal. The local ASPCA would not be able to do anything for him - ours only has a part time vet. I found this out when a cat that I adopted from there had FIP. We had asked specifically if he had a URI and were told "no." We had to euthenize him 4 days later. Chelle. "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham >>Perhaps you should try the local ASPCA for your injured animal. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" >-- Jeremy Bentham The policy at the shelter where I volunteer would have dealt with your issue. We require you to take the animal to your own vet within three working days of adoption. If your vet finds a problem, you may return the animal for a full refund. If your shelter had a similar policy it would have not been a problem. I would ask the shelter where you adopted for a credit toward another animal. Any animal that is bad enough to be euthanized should have been diagnosed by them. They missed it and they should give you the credit. The way they treated you is not proper. Our shelter has two full time vets and several experienced technicians. Each shelter is different. Fan: In our area the ASPCA is a separate entity from the city-run shelter. The city took over, or it was sold to them, I don't know which or why, about 7 years ago. They did tell me to take the cat to my vet, but I got him at 6 pm on a Saturday. We thought he was depressed and not eating -- he had been there 3 weeks -- we realized 28 hours later that he had positively green ropes of mucus sneezed out of his nose. This, after we had specifically asked about URI. We took him to the emergency vet immediately, he spent the night there and we took him to our own vet in the morning. It was the next day before our vet could reach anyone at the ASPCA who could tell us more about what was going on. Somewhere along the line, someone told us that he had developed FIP because a corona virus had been mutated by stress. I have never seen FIP before in "real life". It is partly their fault for not taking care of him the way they should have and partly my falt for not taking home sooner. than 3 weeks, but I had other cats at home and therefore figured I would be the last resort (hoping someone else would adopt him first). I'll not did not make that mistake with the next one. I would not have even considered taking him back because he was sick -- you don't send your kids back because they get sick -- but, we did know that he was on subq fluids when we got him, we waited 20 minues for a bag to run in. But again, we just thought he was depressed and not eating, we thought we could nurse him back to health. I did, however, get a coupon for another kitty. Fortunately through all this, I had enough sense to keep him isolated from my other cats until I got an okay from our vet that he could go in the the other kitties. I should have taken him home sooner, I did not know that the place up there only had a part time vet. I always get kicked in the pants when I rely on someone else to do what they are actually supposed to do, and this cat died for it. Chelle >The policy at the shelter where I volunteer would have dealt with your >issue. We require you to take the animal to your own vet within three >working days of adoption. If your vet finds a problem, you may return >the animal for a full refund. If your shelter had a similar policy it >would have not been a problem. "The day may come when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The question is not can they REASON, nor can they TALK, but can they SUFFER?" -- Jeremy Bentham >Fan: > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >someone else to do what they are actually supposed to do, and this cat died for >it. This is a truely sad story and I am sorry for both you and the poor cat. I'm glad they gave you a certificate, but it certainly doesn't erase the pain that this caused. It sounds like you did all that you could under these trying circumstances and you shouldn't be hard on yourself. These things happen. I hope the people at the shelter learned something from it. Perhaps it is just becuase these things can be hard to diagnose and there is nothing more that could have done to prevent it. If there is anything that they could do, I certainly hope this will be a wake-up call for them. >WHY WOULD YOU SAY SUCH A THING...I WAS HOPING SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT A CAT >THAT WAS HURT. I DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO TAKE HER TO A VET AND SHE HAD [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> >my last unemployment check 2 weeks ago and have no income what so ever at >> >this moment...please help I said what I did because this has all the earmarks of a scam. If it was 100% legitimate, then please accept my appologies. There are a lot of SPAM and scams posted here and this looked like just another one. Posts like the original one pop up several times each month and the answers are always the same...contact your local shelters. Many of them will help out if you don't have the finances to do it. My skepicism is always increased when the same theme is posted multiple times, even if it is by multiple people. Sorry to doubt you, but the chain letters also appear to be legitimate and anyone with half a brain knows they are not. Bottom line is that the only way anyone on here is going to donate money is directly to a vet clinic. That is the only way to ensure it is not a scam. As I said, the best bet is your local shelters, that way money is not an issue. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeed.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups Maybe the vets have payment plans? Have you tried asking the clinics you took the cat to. I also agree with the last poster. See if local rescue groups can help like the ASPCA.  SignaturePanther TEK: Staying On Top Of All Your Computer Needs! www.members.cox.net/catprotector/panthertek Cat Galaxy: All Cats, All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com > I take care of 9 cats which were all homeless. > I just witnessed one of the cats attacked by a pit bull. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > my last unemployment check 2 weeks ago and have no income what so ever at > this moment...please help >I take care of 9 cats which were all homeless. >I just witnessed one of the cats attacked by a pit bull. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >my last unemployment check 2 weeks ago and have no income what so ever at >this moment...please help Call actors and animals in LA. They can help with vet bills. How bad is the kitty? Does she need stitches? surgery? I can clean her wounds, dress them, give her an elizabethan collar, give her antibiotics if that is all she needs. I'm in LA right next to the Beverly Center. Email me mmmaryinla@aol.com >I just witnessed one of the cats attacked by a pit bull. >she is in need of emergency help and i do not have any money....just 27 >dollars. I meant "Actors and Others for animals" Here they are. http://www.actorsandothers.com/ If she just needs general first aid or supportive care, I can do that.
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