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Article: HAPPY TAILS TIPS Having pet means living up to the responsibility
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
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- April 23, 2006
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It's spring! The phone hasn't quit ringing with calls from people
giving up kittens and puppies. We're also receiving calls from
landlords who have found animals left by former tenants. What in the
world are these people thinking? Leaving an animal shut up in an
apartment or house to fend for itself is absolutely outrageous. The
dogs these landlords find are usually left in the yard with no
shelter, food or water. These are calls we receive on a daily basis.
Responsibility, commitment, trust and loyalty. I'm not sure those
words mean anything to the individuals who desert animals.
I remember a couple of very young puppies we had in our program a
few years ago: two ordinary black Lab mixes ...