A Very Worthy Cause
Just found this link on perezhilton and want to spread it as many places as possible to put the word out to animal lovers who might not have seen the coverage this organization got recently on NBC.
http://www.tailsofhopefoundation.org/
I lost my baby Friday (8/22/08) to liver cancer. It took her down so quickly that I had no idea she was sick until the night before she died. I don't think she knew it either as everything continued to be normal with her until just before the end. She was a rough-coated tri-color Collie that I had since she was eight-weeks-old. She would have been six years old this past Tuesday (8/26/08). She was ever the charming, funny duchess for whom she was named, and I miss her terribly.
Most attention paid to diseases like cancer is focused on the human aspect. And it's not that I'm debating that, certainly. But that doesn't mean that those of us who live with and love animals don't see them as very much parts of our families, and don't grieve for them just as we do for people when they leave us. The house is dimmer this week without her light, and the other dogs and I aren't quite sure what to do with ourselves. How nice it would be if some day, down the road, in addition to finding a way to keep people from suffering from diseases like cancer, that same blessing could be spread to our companion animals too.
http://www.tailsofhopefoundation.org/
I lost my baby Friday (8/22/08) to liver cancer. It took her down so quickly that I had no idea she was sick until the night before she died. I don't think she knew it either as everything continued to be normal with her until just before the end. She was a rough-coated tri-color Collie that I had since she was eight-weeks-old. She would have been six years old this past Tuesday (8/26/08). She was ever the charming, funny duchess for whom she was named, and I miss her terribly.
Most attention paid to diseases like cancer is focused on the human aspect. And it's not that I'm debating that, certainly. But that doesn't mean that those of us who live with and love animals don't see them as very much parts of our families, and don't grieve for them just as we do for people when they leave us. The house is dimmer this week without her light, and the other dogs and I aren't quite sure what to do with ourselves. How nice it would be if some day, down the road, in addition to finding a way to keep people from suffering from diseases like cancer, that same blessing could be spread to our companion animals too.