SPCA
Forever North and I went to go visit the Edmonton SPCA on Saturday. We weren’t looking to adopt anyone . . . we just like to visit the animals and see how they’re doing.
I was surprised at how few rabbits and cats there were. I visit the Edmonton City Pound website regularly, and I knew that I had seen many more cat and rabbits than the few that were at the SPCA. I was reading a pamphlet about how the city pound is now taking in strays rather than the SPCA, and it suddenly dawned on me. Only a very small portion of all the animals I’ve seen on the website ever get a chance to be adopted. Very, very small. So small, that I almost started crying when I realized. The animals that don’t get sent to the SPCA for adoption are euthanized. Of all those beautiful cats and rabbits that I looked at and felt hopeful about them being adopted at the SPCA, only a small handful ever got the chance.
Now my heart is aching for all the Yuki look-alikes that I’ve seen on the city pound website. There are more, and it’s heartbreaking.
