Pet Abandonement: The After Story

Pet abandonement happens so much on a daily basis it is easy to dismiss it as 'one of those things'. Very much like the escalating rape rates in India.

Pet Abadonement takes many forms: the family decided the family pet to be one of the "items" to be discarded during spring cleaning or moving into a new house; dumping it in a housing area thinking someone might feel sorry for it and pick it up; or simple plain assholery of being irresponsible.

I can only sit back on my bed and think - does this people not think what would happen or happened to their pets after dumping them? Can they really come back to a house without the pitter-patter of the paws of their pets? The excited tail-wagging? The loving licking and hugging and nipping at the ankle? How can they discard that?

Here is the story of Whitie, rescued by Aunty Umairah who is a feeder of stray dogs in her neighbourhood. Despite being a Muslim, she perseveres to look after the strays.

Whitie is a cream-coloured male labrador abandoned in front of an empty shopping lot. Whitie was patiently waiting for his guardian to come back, despite the cold and unforgiving weather.

Aunty Umairah with Whitie, sometime after freshly abandoned.

Aunty Umairah took notice and she soon included Whitie in her many feeds.
Whitie became confused, shy and disoriented. He was attacked by other strays, sustaining minor injuries.For a good number of days, Whitie was seen waiting at the very spot he was abandoned. Whitie is now among the plethora of house pets abandoned around Malaysia.

Whitie had it rough, having being forced to get used to from being a pet with a home to stray settling on scraps. At least Whitie has a feeder, some pets-to-strays has had to rummage on garbage bins to survive, abused by assholes simply for existing and always at the risk of being culled by the local municipal.

JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO YOUR PET.

Recently, Whitie was stabbed with a knife and had hot water poured on him by evil humans(whom I think are demons disguised as humans).

Pictures like this used to give me nighmares and a lot of heartache but in due time I simply resolved to help more animals like Whitie in the future.

I am still a broke ass student so it'll take time.

Whitie was treated and will now have the watchful eyes of Aunty Umairah and recuperate. How many strays have this privilege? How many pet-strays out there have simply perished from abuse wounds?

Animals shelters and Facebook users in my newsfeed occasionally post pics of pets that seem to have gotten lost. Very few made it home. I sometimes wonder if their former guardians stumble upon their pics and go 'Oh, here's one I dumped last week' ?

See people, in the event that you're not able to look after you pets anymore: here are your following steps.

1. Ask various animal shelters if they can take in your dog. Please send them to 'No-Kill' shelters.
2. YOU actively finding another family where someone would take him/her.

See? It's that simple. If you had been one of the people who had dumped their pets out in the streets hoping they'll be someone else's problems...I will hate you. I don't care if you're the reincarnation of Mother Theresa, I will hate you.