[Felvtalk] Tiffany

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aLL OF MY CATS WERE EITHER FERAL OR STRAYS.  tHEY SHOWED UP AND i KEPT THEM.
---- Amani Oakley <aoakley at oakleylegal.com> wrote: 
> Hi Lorrie
> 
> I totally agree with you. I too have seen people who will spend lavishly on their own animals but wouldn't cross the street to help a homeless stray. But Lorrie, I think those people are the minority. I think that once an animal comes into your life and opens up your heart, it allows you to care a lot more for the animals around you and be more empathetic about the plight of animals other than your own.
> 
> As I said in my earlier post, given the depths people will descend to, I would never put it past some unscrupulous clinics to abuse donor cats for blood transfusions, but I believe that most vets are pretty ethical people and most animal owners are animal lovers so I would think that any abuses are in the minority. I think it makes excellent sense to keep your concerns in mind though Lorrie, and to ask a lot of questions to ensure that donor cats are well cared for at any clinic where blood transfusions are offered. As I mentioned, up here in Canada - even though I live close to Toronto which is pretty much the "centre of the universe" in Canada - there are extremely few clinics where blood transfusion is even offered, and most are these ER clinics where they charge you $100 just for the privilege of sitting in their waiting area!
> 
> Amani
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Lorrie
> Sent: May-14-16 10:55 AM
> To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany
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> Thank you for writing to me, Amani.
> I just wrote about my experience with blood donations, but I did want to comment on the paragraph below.  Sadly many clients who go to vet clinics do not really love or care about cats other than their own.
> They will pay huge vet bills to keep their own cats or dogs alive and yet they would not help a stray cat or dog. I have seen so much of this during my long life and it really upsets me.
> 
> Lorrie
> 
> On 05-13, Amani Oakley wrote:
> > Lorrie
> > 
> > Perhaps you have had a bad experience wherever you went, but it seems 
> > odd to me that a clinic would offer cat blood transfusions (which are 
> > pretty high end treatments) and not treat the cats well because owners 
> > who would and could spend that kind of money on their cats are 
> > obviously very very concerned about animal welfare and would expect 
> > and demand a certain level of ethical treatment of the donor cats.
> > 
> > I wouldn't hesitate to transfuse a cat, if that was needed, but it is 
> > very expensive and out of the range of what most people can 
> > realistically afford. However, this is why I was so annoyed that no 
> > one told me about the Winstrol, because it probably could have saved 
> > me close to $10,000, not to mention the trauma of a transfusion on 
> > both donor and recipient!
> > 
> > Amani
> > 
> 
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