I saw this on the WI Humane Society website in my area. It is very sad and really explains what these poor animals go through. Although it's about dogs, we all know cats go through the same thing, unfortunately. Anyhow...it really makes you think. I know I'm trying to figure out a way I can help this kind of thing from happening!
Before I Die
A poem by the author of "How Could You?" and "The Animal's Savior"
Copyright Â[emoji]169[/emoji] 2002, by Jim Willis
www.crean.com/jimwillis
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'Tis lonely here in prison,
I dream of sun, of fields,
I saw them from a window once,
but I don't know how they feel.
I've never known a caress,
a friend, a bone, a toy,
I'd happily companion,
a human girl or boy.
But some men have decided,
with selfishness and greed,
that my fate shall be a cage,
and for my keep, I'll breed.
What should fuel this folly?
My kind may bark in vain.
We care not for your commerce,
and few know of our pain.
We're hidden well from justice,
for our freedom some may cry.
God grant me, please, just one request -
Let me play once before I die.
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Before I Die
A poem by the author of "How Could You?" and "The Animal's Savior"
Copyright Â[emoji]169[/emoji] 2002, by Jim Willis
www.crean.com/jimwillis
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'Tis lonely here in prison,
I dream of sun, of fields,
I saw them from a window once,
but I don't know how they feel.
I've never known a caress,
a friend, a bone, a toy,
I'd happily companion,
a human girl or boy.
But some men have decided,
with selfishness and greed,
that my fate shall be a cage,
and for my keep, I'll breed.
What should fuel this folly?
My kind may bark in vain.
We care not for your commerce,
and few know of our pain.
We're hidden well from justice,
for our freedom some may cry.
God grant me, please, just one request -
Let me play once before I die.
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