It Really is a Dogs Life Here

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 17:22

Just went to feed a little dog I have been feeding for some weeks now. By Silver Rocks. So shy and timid. I found him dead. Looks like he was hit by a car. Im so upset. All they look for is food and love . To live like this.Im sorry but it breaks me in two. Got into the car crying my eyes out and saw not one but two dead cats on the same bit of road. x

spanna


Joined: 12/01/2009
Posts: 544

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 17:26

Ahhh.... Lilli, I'm soo sorry... Poor little thing... You do such a great job... I guess maybe he will be happier in doggy heaven not having to scavenge for food and dodge crazy drivers... Big hugs... XX

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 17:27

Thank you spanna, i do hope he will go to a better place. Another one for rainbows bridge. I just feel so helpless x

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 17:45

dont feel helpless, reading your postings you do so much to help these poor defenceless animals, without you many more would be hopeless cases, you are an inspiration to us all....x

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 17:52

Thank you shrimp. So many people do so much here to try to help them. If I could only win the lottery I would take them all off the streets. x

LOvegod


Joined: 22/03/2009
Posts: 161

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:04

perhaps you could put them all in a great big compound at the end of the karpaz, then I could get some sleep at night.

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:06

Sorry to hear that Liz, Have you seen that other dog from the other night ? The one you thought was your Jack? xxx

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:08

No Toots not again We drove around and around looking to no avail. I know in my heart he will get back to me.This little one was the image of Tess x

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:09

Tesco's xx

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:11

Yes you sod, you have me calling her that now x

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:16

I do wish TRNC would carry out regular culls of feral animals, dispatch as quickly and humanely as possible, collect the bodies there and then, and cremate away from the public eye - such cruelty that these animals suffer is horrendous. I also consider it cruel to neuter or spay animals to then put them back out into the public arena to fend for themselves for what could be long, miserable, cold, hot, starving, frightened lives............... I also reiterate my wish that every single animal, by law, should be microchipped with the owners details, and by law, if they leave the island, give proof positive before they are allowed to do so - to whom they have given their animals OR proof they are being shipped out with them. Too many people with "circumstances they can't discuss, that forces them to leave their animals behind" get away with this over and over.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:24

Hi MsGarnet you know my feelings on it. Your wish is my wish but whatever the circumstances are that they leave a domesticated pet to fend for themselves i can never understand. I see the pain in these poor dogs eyes.God forbid if ever Im lucky enough to leave here I do not know what I will do but I could never ever leave them to fend for themselves. My family want and need me back and go mad at me for considering the dogs. Until i get enough money to take them then Im here x

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:26

If the hunters didnt starve & discard the dogs during and after the hunting season then there would be no need for shepherds and locals to put down poison.

These poor dogs are starved all year, caged up and if they dont perform just let loose and cause problems.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:31

Toots thank god this poor little one wasnt a hunting dog. she lived on the beach by silver rocks. I never could touch her or hold her. I just left the food and waited away from her. She knew the sound of our engine and waited every night.I only hope she wasnt waiting for me when it happened. You know how mad the drivers are on that stretch of road. No lights on the roadside. They are mad drivers on that bit of road. i dispair now knowing the hunting dogs will be the next victims x

Tootie


Joined: 28/08/2008
Posts: 2037

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:38

Liz, As you know I have Local friends and when they come to my house they always ask do I want Milly. They see she is a pure pointer and want her for hunting, It even got to the stage a few weeks ago one of my friends offered to pay me money because his uncle was worried his dogs were no good for the season.

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:42

lilli im so sorry to hear that about the poor dog its heart breaking only today along road in lapta a cat had been run over and a stray dog was trying to eat the poor mite i feel so much for these poor soles keep up your good work they love you for it what ever

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:49

Liz, not really an animal softie (though a feral cat has adopted us). However your posts come close to converting me.XX

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 18:51

Thank you Berilela, Toots you get rid of Milly over my dead body.If your friends want a pure pointer Bertie is. Berilela I hate that stretch of road. I see so many poor souls raiding bins. I know many will think I'm stupid to get so upset but even though I couldn't befriend him he waited for me every night. I think I cried a river tonight for all the souls walking the streets here. Last night a pointer walked past the restaurant which was the double of my Jack whom we lost a few weeks ago. I was stupid I called out Jack and he ran off.

berilela


Joined: 17/07/2010
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 19:12

your heart is pure good for what you do

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 19:17

its the very least i can animals and children and old folk. Thats where my heart lies. Whatever I can do I will x

climakool


Joined: 09/11/2008
Posts: 190

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 19:26

ah lilli - i do feel for you i would do the same if i lived there full time xx

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 19:36

Hiya climakool, everyone tells me to get hard. I cant . There is not a day that goes by that i do not find some to feed. Our car is like a mini vets.Only food and water and containers.You know I do not look they are just there and I cant and wont turn a blind eye. One night I saw a dog being badly treated across the road from the restaurant. One of my customers just took me by the arm and put me inside the restaurant and told me to stay there.I couldnt let it rest but the dog by that time was being led away by a young lad so i felt happier. Imagine my surprise when we about to close at 11.30p, there she was. A wonderful couple adopted her and unbeknown to all of us she was pregnant. I offered to have her back. She was ans a beaut. She produced 12.They the wonderful couple found homes for 10 and kept 2. My heart is full of love for them. To this day day I do not know how she got to me x

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 19:42

sorry typo to this sould read she was and is a beaut x

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 19:45

he is now on rainbows bridge book, i called him Peterus because of his lovely colours

rowan


Joined: 04/09/2008
Posts: 450

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 23:00

is this the little dog that was a deep tan co,lour and looke a bit like a little sheltie?



I was walking along the main road there this morning and saw his little body and a cat and another cat on one of the back roads, it is so depressing.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
14/11/2010 23:07

rowan yes its the same little baby, it just breaks my heart

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
15/11/2010 07:57

So sorry, Lilli.........

Msg re McGarnet...cremation impossible as no incinerator on the Island

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
15/11/2010 09:33

Msg 27 - then the Government should provide one..........I am aware of the burial rituals of Moslems, but are you saying then, no-one else can be cremated?

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
15/11/2010 16:44

To the best of my belief ( not 100%) it is against Islamic law to be cremated so I would imagine that in an (albeit quite flexible) Islamic country it is highly unlikely that this facility would be available to foreigners