It has been a really terrible morning. The pictures are of six puppies that Alistair found dumped by the public bins this morning. Not in a box or a scrap of material, just on the ground wriggling and crying. Cold and wet and not even old enough to have their eyes open, it looked like they had been out all night. Alistair rang me and I hurried myself getting a box and blankets ready for them. We found a dropper and I tried to get some milk into them and warm them up while Alistair went and bought baby milk and syringes.
How can people discard life like that, just dumped on the ground and left. That is one of the things that I have found difficult with some of the Spanish, they can be so cruel in regards to animals. You see donkeys and horses with their legs hobbled and left out in the full heat of the Spanish sun with no water in sight. I didn't know what to do for the best. We rang the animal shelter that we know of and they said to bring them down. They were used to this sort of thing, but it doesn't take away the sadness one feels. The only hope they say is to have a bitch with puppies that they can put them too as it is almost impossible to create what the puppies need from their mother, massaging their tummies and wiping their behinds to make them mess. If their is nobody able to take the massive job on, euthanasia is the only answer.
What does one do? We are going away soon so can't take it on. I cried there and all the way back. I feel disgusted with myself that I can't make sure they survive. Two of my daughters understand the decision to take them to the shelter but Corrine does not. She wanted to fly out from the UK to look after them. She knows what can happen to them as she used to be a volunteer worker at the animal shelter when she lived here and said that she had seen three litters put to sleep.
Will I be able to forgive myself for letting their lives slip away, I am too scared to ring to see if they found someone to take care of them in case I hear that they didn't.
I have poured myself a glass of wine, seems a small blip in comparison.