[Felvtalk] SC woman

[Amani Oakley]

“Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. It reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.”

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: June-04-16 9:26 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] SC woman


Bob,
          Please don't think I'm doubting you. I do think we need to be sure, but I don't know quite how to do that. My issues with transporting are more the practical aspects. IF a home that will take 5 cats and a dog can be found, then you have to get them there. That's costly, and somewhat complicated. If you have a private individual who is known to the people involved, great. But if you want to use a "service", I can give you an idea of cost for 1 puppy from south-central  FL to SC. I adopted a puppy from a shelter. He was fostered for me by a good friend, and was supposed to join a rescue transport bound for NC. Cost would have been about $100 for that, which was fine. But I became uncomfortable with the logistics. So I looked into paid transport. My 25 pound 5 month old puppy would run me $250 to $800, depending on the "amenities" I wanted, how many were traveling and how many stops. So kind of cost prohibitive, as you'd have to pay for them in foster (I guess), vaccines/health certificate for transport and transport both ways.

And yes, I have doubts and questions, too. Years in rescue have shown me that nothing is ever quite the way it seems. But I'm getting old, and I now figure I'd rather be wrong and scammed than not help when I could possibly make a difference. I'm looking for someone in the area who might go hands-on, but no luck so far.

Margo
-----Original Message-----
From: ROBERT CHAPEL
Sent: Jun 4, 2016 1:57 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org<mailto:felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] SC woman

All:
Certainly understand why you would want to keep her cats down there...
My concern is that if this woman does not get the care SHE needs there will BE no
Caretaker for these animals....  AND...who is going to take care of her animals
if/when she does get the lung transplants.....  Various list members have repeatedly
said that there ARE no services she can turn to in the South....  Is her son going to be able
to look after the cats.......
You all are very kind.....   Guess too many years as a Social Worker has made me a bit more wary.
Many questions after reading her GoFundme profile...
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