Some animals beg for help, running up to your door, your car, or meeting you in a random alleyway. Other animals know how good they have it - allowing you to spoil them endlessly and lavishing their adoration upon you. And then there are the random few that sit back and know their fate in this sometimes cruel world is sealed. And that is where we found Shmi.
Shmi was brought in to a local rural animal shelter in North Carolina. Having a low-budget to work with, not nearly enough space to contain a county's worth of animals, and a constant 'deadline' (bad pun!) - the shelter staff can barely keep the most adoptable of animals past a few weeks at best. In fact, according to their latest yearly statistics, 9 out of 10 cats that go in the shelter doors never come out alive. Animals that are brought in with injuries do not stand a chance - no matter the severity of the trauma.
One of our local foster parents was contacted about some adoptable shelter kitties - and also mentioned one that was to be euthanized for a leg injury of unknown etiology. Another fabulous foster parent stepped up to take this little girl in and so starts Shmi's Tale!
2 comments:
Victoria and Keith,
Thank you so much for rescuing this sweet girl. She's going to make a great pet for some lucky family! I am very excited to watch her travel down the road to FULL recovery!
Let's not forget Jeannie for working with the rural shelter to find Shmi a foster home. Also a big heart felt thanks to everyone else who has stepped up to the plate for Shmi.
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