Your Loss, Is Our Gain

So many times when walking down the street or doing TNR in an alley. we always seem to come across an owner dump. Something we never like to see. He or she once was owned by someone, lived in an home with a roof, and now has been thrown outside to fend for themselves. It could be for many reasons, none that we could ever find to be acceptable or good enough... they needed to much attention, they grew up, they got hair everywhere, someone in the house had a baby, the excuse list goes on and on. But the ending, is always the same. Our reaction, is always the same. Our hearts break, our blood boils, we damn humanity. The cats that we find who are microchipped, we get so excited thinking we will reunite an owner with their fur love once again, but yet they never call back. Those my friends are the worst. You see, the cats who aren't microchipped and are friendly, we can at least make up some scenario in our head.

Well, we have now turned it around. Don't get us wrong, we will NEVER condone owner dumps. But for every owner who dumps, there is someone like us who gains. We are the ones who will see those smiley eyes, we are the ones who will feel the unconditional love, we are the ones who will smile when we come home after a bad day and have them to greet us. We are the ones who win!. Because what they threw away and thought was trash, was really a gold mine and we are the ones who found the treasure. And not only did we find the treasure, but now these cats have also found the pot of gold themselves.