having a heart that´s too big...
My heart freaking aches right now so badly I can hardly stand it.
I live on the edge of a rich neighborhood with a considerably older demographic. I´m not rich myself or old, so needless to say, I have a few problems with where I live.
A few ladies consistently feed the many, many stray cats that live in the neighborhood. I´m not judging these people at all. I don´t really even know much about urban cat populations except that there are a lot of them here, I generally see dead cats clearly hit by a car at least once a week and that every so often I see kittens walking around. So I have no clue if feeding them helps/hinders. I suppose logic tells me that feeding them allows the population to grow whereas otherwise they would just die instead.
It seems that on the street I happened to walk down, whoever did feed the cats there stopped because there wasn´t any food down and also because there weren´t any cats. But one gorgeous sweet faced little grey cat stood there crying. I say crying because his/her voice seemed to be calling out for help. I don´t know. I could be anthropomorphizing beyond belief but I really don´t think so. Hell, I´m a dog person, I know relatively nothing about cats I have two dogs that were strays that I brought from the US with me when I emigrated. I love them beyond anything I ever thought possible. Hunter changed my life and it´s because of him that i´m still alive and that I decided to become vegan 6 years ago. But I do know that at that moment, I would have done anything, absolutely fucking anything if it would have meant that little cat went to a nice warm house with a family who loved him/her.
I never do anything. I´ve thought about putting out some kind of winter shelters for the cats, but they would without doubt be taken away within the hour. I can´t adopt one. One of my dogs, aptly named Hunter, thinks of cats as prey even though he used to live with one for a little while. And, in my tiny apartment, I can´t have more animals.
What I NEED is to have an animal sanctuary. It´s what i´ve always, always wanted to do with my life and Madrid needs one so badly. There´s a few shelters, but a shelter is not the same as a sanctuary.
I live on the edge of a rich neighborhood with a considerably older demographic. I´m not rich myself or old, so needless to say, I have a few problems with where I live.
A few ladies consistently feed the many, many stray cats that live in the neighborhood. I´m not judging these people at all. I don´t really even know much about urban cat populations except that there are a lot of them here, I generally see dead cats clearly hit by a car at least once a week and that every so often I see kittens walking around. So I have no clue if feeding them helps/hinders. I suppose logic tells me that feeding them allows the population to grow whereas otherwise they would just die instead.
It seems that on the street I happened to walk down, whoever did feed the cats there stopped because there wasn´t any food down and also because there weren´t any cats. But one gorgeous sweet faced little grey cat stood there crying. I say crying because his/her voice seemed to be calling out for help. I don´t know. I could be anthropomorphizing beyond belief but I really don´t think so. Hell, I´m a dog person, I know relatively nothing about cats I have two dogs that were strays that I brought from the US with me when I emigrated. I love them beyond anything I ever thought possible. Hunter changed my life and it´s because of him that i´m still alive and that I decided to become vegan 6 years ago. But I do know that at that moment, I would have done anything, absolutely fucking anything if it would have meant that little cat went to a nice warm house with a family who loved him/her.
I never do anything. I´ve thought about putting out some kind of winter shelters for the cats, but they would without doubt be taken away within the hour. I can´t adopt one. One of my dogs, aptly named Hunter, thinks of cats as prey even though he used to live with one for a little while. And, in my tiny apartment, I can´t have more animals.
What I NEED is to have an animal sanctuary. It´s what i´ve always, always wanted to do with my life and Madrid needs one so badly. There´s a few shelters, but a shelter is not the same as a sanctuary.