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In reply to the discussion: What are people thinking when they abandon pets? [View all]Tanuki
(16,006 posts)59. My best friend from high school lives on a farm in SE Ohio
and they always have about 8 random dogs that people have dumped "out in the country." Occasionally there will be one that they think might have become separated from a hunting party, but mostly they are abandoned. One, a very sweet shepherd mix was even left tethered when the owners moved! He managed to get loose and somehow made his way to their impromptu safe haven. It is beyond me how some people can repay the innocent devotion of a pet with callous cruelty.
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Sometimes they have to leave, and can't find a affordable place that takes pets.
Lancero
May 2015
#2
Some people buy into the feral argument, I think. That cats, especially, can live without people.
freshwest
May 2015
#6
selfish pigs. my former landlord had pets because renters move and leave pets in the unit
Liberal_in_LA
May 2015
#21
Another thing: Idiots who get rid of a pet when the woman becomes pregnant or they have a baby...
Arugula Latte
May 2015
#24
Some people amazingly think the pets will do better than being sent to the animal shelter.
Cleita
May 2015
#35