My Pal Beans Makes A Point

I was just reading my pal's Bean's blog. If you haven't followed him or joined his blog you should. His twitter is @beanemachine and his blog is http://beansthebeagle.blogspot.com/. His entry about his birthday made a great point. Not all doggies/animals out there are as lucky as we are. We both live with humans who love us unconditionally. They provide us with the necessities food, water, shelter and the fun stuff toys, treats, kisses, hugs, and oh so fun play time. They love us with all their hearts and will do ANYTHING for us. We repay them back the best way we can with tons of Beagle hugs/kisses and our love. But the sad truth not all animals are as lucky as we are. They don't have the luxury of lounging in bed all day with humans, playing in the backyard or doggie park, experiencing the simple act of hearing "good boy/girl" while receiving tons of belly rubs and kisses. Instead they are  either living in shelters or on the streets. Some are being abused, tortured, or thrown into fighting rings. Some will never feel the experience of having a human give them love. This saddens my big Beagle heart. My heart aches for my other anipals out there who don't have FUREVER homes or live their lives being tortured and abused. My humans volunteer at our local animal control/SPCA. They see the worst of human nature. But they do what they can to help the animals in need. They are always rescuing and saving animals whenever they can. In fact. My kitty sister Meow-Meow and Tiger Lily are 2 of the animals they rescued. Meow-Meow was a pregnant stray that came up to our porch one morning. Due to the excessive heat my humans brought her in. And in a stroke of luck the following day Meow-Meow gave birth to 5 healthy beautiful babies! They helped raise and adopt them all out to awesome FUREVER homes. Right now they are still fostering Meow-Meow and Tiger Lily *Meow-Meow's daughter*! And before Meow-Meow they took in 4 abandoned kittens that they helped raised and adopt out to wonderful FUREVER homes. These are just 2 stories of animals they helped saved. They make it their life to help animals and never ask for anything in return. All they want is for all animals to have the opportunity to live their lives in pure happiness. If all humans would take the time to volunteer in anyway they can to help animals then the staggering number homeless/abused animal list could drop significantly. So I am asking all the humans out there to take the time to volunteer. Whether it's making flyers for your local shelter, sharing links on Facebook, walking dogs, cleaning cat cages, or spending quality time with shelter animals please take the time to do so. Sparing an hour or so out of your day could mean the life of an animal out there!

-That Beagle Baxter