Yeah I agree; we had a Golden Retriever who was 16 when we had him put to sleep.  It was a very, very sad day. I loved that dog.

I hope you don't have to keep that cast on too long, Kyle.

Kat

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:48:50 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Boy, that's a hard emotional call, eh?  Part of me would say, "just fill the
dog's compartment with CO and let it go to sleep", but on the other hand, I
had a lab for seventeen years:  got him when I was 11 and put him down
(myself) when I was 28.  I believe I would have borrowed the 50K if I
thought I could buy him a few more years.

-Kyle (who has to re-type everything BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID CAST!!
GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!)

-----Original Message-----
From: Salkin Kathleen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: are they nuts?


Mag,

The dog was on an oil tanker that capsized and the crew had to abandon ship.
The dog was the captain's personal dog, and the Coast Guard found it alive
and is attempting to rescue the dog.  Perhaps it's costing $50,000 and the
captain can't pay the money, and the Humane Society is paying for him.  It's
an awful lot of money, but my bleeding heart wouldn't want that dog to
starve to death by himself on the abandoned ship.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Magenta Raine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:18 AM
Subject: are they nuts?


> I just read an account of the Hawaii humane society spending $50,000 to
> rescue one little dog................  Now, don't get me wrong, I am happy
it
> got rescued, but they could have used that much money to serve many more
> animals!
>
> Couldn't the dog be rescued by volunteers? She wonders, just about to
enter
> slumberland....
>
> mag