I hear you, OP. It is such a heart breaking feeling to want to care for and help all the needy animals that cross our paths, and know we are not able to do everything we wished we could.
Ten years ago, I knew a girl and when I went to her apartment I discovered that she was, due to drug and alcohol abuse and plain old immaturity, neglecting and abusing her two cats. They were hungry little bags of bones, scared of their own shadows, not to mention they had no litter box and were living in a room full of their own excrement.
I took them away. No one got a choice about it. I threatened to go ape wild and call the animal abuse investigators and let them deal with it if I was not able to take the cats. Now they are my cats and they get all the food and treats and ear scratches a cat could want.
I still see all the time many needy animals and I want to or wish I could take each and every one home, but I know that I can't and that everyone has their limits. I just try to tell myself that it is good the animals have a friend like me and that I am doing the best that I can.
With that, the animals are lucky to have a friend like you, and you are doing the best you can! Bless your heart.
P.s. Community food shelves now often stock donated pet food for people whose pets are in need!
Ten years ago, I knew a girl and when I went to her apartment I discovered that she was, due to drug and alcohol abuse and plain old immaturity, neglecting and abusing her two cats. They were hungry little bags of bones, scared of their own shadows, not to mention they had no litter box and were living in a room full of their own excrement.
I took them away. No one got a choice about it. I threatened to go ape wild and call the animal abuse investigators and let them deal with it if I was not able to take the cats. Now they are my cats and they get all the food and treats and ear scratches a cat could want.
I still see all the time many needy animals and I want to or wish I could take each and every one home, but I know that I can't and that everyone has their limits. I just try to tell myself that it is good the animals have a friend like me and that I am doing the best that I can.
With that, the animals are lucky to have a friend like you, and you are doing the best you can! Bless your heart.
P.s. Community food shelves now often stock donated pet food for people whose pets are in need!