I read somewhere that the average life of a cat living outdoors is 18 months. I can't back that up with a quote. Wish I could. Has anyone else read that? Anyway, it's not long and the poor animals live a short, sad, painful life.
I volunteered in an animal shelter for a few years and am ashamed to say I couldn't take it anymore. I have all the admiration in the world for those volunteers! One year every volunteer in the shelter, including me, got ringworm, and we all laughed about it!
Good news is I fostered a litter of five kittens and adopted out four. Elvis never left the building. 10 years later, he still sleeps with me! Lucky me!
Any animal you can help will put another star in your halo.
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