I am very sorry Steve. When I was younger, we found some stray kittens that someone had abonded, that hadn't been even weaned yet. We took them and found homes for two and kept two for ourselves. We had a doggie door for our dog, so the cats could go out just like the dogs could, so they weren't as protected as indoor cats. The next summer, someone set one of the now 1 yr. old cat on fire and left him to die. He was able to slowly find his way home, and we got him to the vet as soon as possible. Since he was so young, he actually did make it, but two of his legs, (one leg in front and one in back, on either side) had to be amputated. He lived fairly normally, he was very afriad of people though, and even mroe of my younger sisters, but we were very proud of him for overcoming his handicap as well as he had. But it is very sad how some people have no care in the world for animals, and it makes me sick when I know that many of the people at my school would be the ones to do something like that because they are young and stupid. I try my very hardest to do eveything in my power to show how much animals mean to me, because I hate when an adult says things about teens not caring about anything other than themselves. And in order to remind myself sometimes I have to make double sure that I am completely sympathic toward the good of animals. I know some people were very upset at me for what I wrote in "end to hobby" post, but I was trying to make a hard stand and not relax in anything I believe in, inorder to not become one of those uncaring teens, which is easy to do once you relax on one thing, to become more relaxed about something else. Steve, I know that you care very deeply for your dog, and I hope that he will also be able to live a normal life after his terrible experience.
~~Megan
