Nebraska Humane Society – Walk for the Animals

“The Animals Need Your Help”.    Every day, the Nebraska Humane Society takes in homeless animals and hopes to place them in “forever homes”; cats, dogs, pocket pets, all sorts.    The animals who find their way here and are in good enough shape to be adopted are placed in the adoption area until they are adopted.

Not all pets are suitable for the adoption program, sadly, due to pet demeanor and/or the acts (sometimes) of humans, sometimes acting, they feel, in the best interests of pets (an example being a slighly “off” woman who collected homeless cats.. to the point where the house was full of cats and she couldn’t find a way to feed them all).   Sometimes not.

The Humane Society does a good job.   When, for example, loads of cats are brought in from a slighly “off” woman’s house, they make a plea on the news for supplies.     People from around the area buy loads of cat food and whatever else they need and deliver it to them.

At the last minute, I decided walking my dogs for a good cause was a good idea.   I walked with my daughter and some people from work.    There were 100’s of dogs there!     It was a bit of work not to get entangled with other dogs and baby strollers.     By the time I got home, I was exhausted!    But in every way, this was a good experience; a good way to get some exercise, and a good way to meet LOTS of dogs.

Speaking of animals at the Humane Society, my mother will be appalled, but I have my eye on a domestic rat whose name is Oreo.   We saw Oreo today, but he was sleeping at the time.     I’ll be interested to go in there sometime without the dogs and see what Oreo is like.   I’m not sure I can get a rat, but they look pretty cute.

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