I feel so sorry for Pen now, all his hard work to get those people and animals out and it’s all fallen through, he’s devastated. a lovely man, a Plymouth Marine.Â
Our local hospital has halted operations and treatment because of COVID. Â 3 wards and a fourth being prepared, Â highest rates in the country. Â They're urging people not to go to A+E unless absolute emergency.Â
Lovely young autistic chap died,  phoned the services as he was in a bad way, a year and two months to wait for an appointment, was offered a relaxation App. He just could not look after himself in the sheltered accommodation and the staff weren’t trained to look after him.Â
nobody wants to work in care homes so no places available.
We've decided not to watch the news anymore. 😢
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
Anyone know how many people get out on the military planes. They seem crammed in much more than private charter planes. How would you feel if hypothetically speaking letting this one in meant less people getting out?
I have n no issue with the people getting out even the animals, although I do not agree with stray importation when we have too big a problem here, I just do not think things are as simple as portrayed. I guess I just have an issue with the guy's approach. The western forces carrying out the biggest airlift since Berlin after WWII are having to take time out of that to deal with this guy's obsession with stray animals.Â
BTW there is a missed opportunity here with this publicity. Apparently every animal hasa home to go to when they arrive back here. People are clamouring to take them in. Perhaps they should insist that for every Afghan animal taken in they all had to take a local rescue in. I think I'd be more supportive of the action if that happened. I do however doubt it will do any good for the local rescues. We do have a big problem over here. I used to volunteer dog walk and cat socialise at our rescue. It's always sad to see those animals stuck in cages and not in a safe, family home. If only this ex serviceman could have channelled his energy into helping the situation over here. Maybe now he's back here he will. He certainly very resourceful i reckon and could do a lot of good here.Â
I have n no issue with the people getting out even the animals, although I do not agree with stray importation when we have too big a problem here, I just do not think things are as simple as portrayed. I guess I just have an issue with the guy's approach. The western forces carrying out the biggest airlift since Berlin after WWII are having to take time out of that to deal with this guy's obsession with stray animals.Â
BTW there is a missed opportunity here with this publicity. Apparently every animal hasa home to go to when they arrive back here. People are clamouring to take them in. Â
Why were they not "clamouring" to rehome a dog from a dog home in UK? Talk about jumping on a bandwagon.
Actually the rescue centre I volunteered at did well with rehoming but there was always a steady supply of put to sleep strays to replace every one with the home. I assume it's the same elsewhere. However there's also quite a few problem cases where the dogs and cats would never be allowed to leave for various issues. I wouldn't be surprised if some of these afghan rescues had behavioural issues that uk based rescue charities wouldn't rehome too.
As to bandwagon and bandwagon jumping. There's a good few signs when it's happening. Daily mail and daily express make a big deal about it and celebrities start tweeting their support. Oh and let's not forget the huge numbers of general public who didn't know about the charity or contribute to it when it existed and ran the afghan sanctuary who are suddenly big fans/supporters giving a damn only now it's on the news.
Ho hum! Full curmudgeon coming on today I reckon!Â
I remember there was a fire at a dog rescue place a year or two ago. Suddenly there were queues blocking the motorway of folk wanting a dog. Where where the day BEFORE the fire? There are literally millions of stray dogs in India. Should we raise money to bring them over here too?
BTW if you are really bothered to support animal rescues there's a very good lurcher and greyhound rescue charity run by a few amazing people around the UK. Their charity doesn't have a true base just really caring people up and down the country.Â
Their modus operandi is to Foster out the dogs until they're family ready then they rehome. That usually means they hear about a PTS dog in one end of the country (PTS=Put To Sleep) but the only foster volunteer with suitable space is in the other. Cue an appeal through their forum and a daisy chain of volunteers willing to go out of their way on a journey to pass the dog up the chain until it gets to its foster home.
If you're serious about animal rescue perhaps volunteer to help save a dog by driving it an hour or so as part of a rescue chain like that.
 Greys and lurchers make wonderful pets with a bit of care and knowledge (like all dogs I suppose). It's a shame so many get PTS. There were a lot where I used to live. It seems there was a lady involved in rehoming locally and she was very successful at it.
It would help if dog owners spent some time learning to be responsible for the behaviour of their 'pets'. I've never seen so much inconsiderate, feckless behaviour as I have in the last year. The amount of people who have zero control over them, yet they aren't on a lead is incredible. Twice in the last two weeks I've watched dogs s**t in front of me while the owners are too busy staring at phones or chatting. That includes the man [on his phone] whose dog wasn't on a lead and it was busy running across someone's front garden before depositing an amount that wouldn't have disgraced a small pony. I bet the homeowner was thrilled. Not to mention the amount of time I have to spend watching the ground to avoid stepping in it...Â
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Totally agree @Fairygirl … the number of folk who think that if their dog is on one of those extending leads it is under control!!! The dog wanders out into the road many metres away from its owner, endangering cyclists, entangling pedestrians and causing mayhem with other dogs … and all while the person holding the lead is gazing at their phone, totally oblivious of the nuisance and sometimes dangerous situation they are causing.Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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a lovely man, a Plymouth Marine.Â
Our local hospital has halted operations and treatment because of COVID. Â 3 wards and a fourth being prepared, Â highest rates in the country. Â They're urging people not to go to A+E unless absolute emergency.Â
Lovely young autistic chap died,  phoned the services as he was in a bad way, a year and two months to wait for an appointment, was offered a relaxation App. He just could not look after himself in the sheltered accommodation and the staff weren’t trained to look after him.Â
nobody wants to work in care homes so no places available.
We've decided not to watch the news anymore. 😢
I have n no issue with the people getting out even the animals, although I do not agree with stray importation when we have too big a problem here, I just do not think things are as simple as portrayed. I guess I just have an issue with the guy's approach. The western forces carrying out the biggest airlift since Berlin after WWII are having to take time out of that to deal with this guy's obsession with stray animals.Â
BTW there is a missed opportunity here with this publicity. Apparently every animal hasa home to go to when they arrive back here. People are clamouring to take them in. Perhaps they should insist that for every Afghan animal taken in they all had to take a local rescue in. I think I'd be more supportive of the action if that happened. I do however doubt it will do any good for the local rescues. We do have a big problem over here. I used to volunteer dog walk and cat socialise at our rescue. It's always sad to see those animals stuck in cages and not in a safe, family home. If only this ex serviceman could have channelled his energy into helping the situation over here. Maybe now he's back here he will. He certainly very resourceful i reckon and could do a lot of good here.Â
Talk about jumping on a bandwagon.
As to bandwagon and bandwagon jumping. There's a good few signs when it's happening. Daily mail and daily express make a big deal about it and celebrities start tweeting their support. Oh and let's not forget the huge numbers of general public who didn't know about the charity or contribute to it when it existed and ran the afghan sanctuary who are suddenly big fans/supporters giving a damn only now it's on the news.
Ho hum! Full curmudgeon coming on today I reckon!Â
Suddenly there were queues blocking the motorway of folk wanting a dog.Â
Where where the day BEFORE the fire?Â
There are literally millions of stray dogs in India.Â
Should we raise money to bring them over here too?
Their modus operandi is to Foster out the dogs until they're family ready then they rehome. That usually means they hear about a PTS dog in one end of the country (PTS=Put To Sleep) but the only foster volunteer with suitable space is in the other. Cue an appeal through their forum and a daisy chain of volunteers willing to go out of their way on a journey to pass the dog up the chain until it gets to its foster home.
If you're serious about animal rescue perhaps volunteer to help save a dog by driving it an hour or so as part of a rescue chain like that.
 Greys and lurchers make wonderful pets with a bit of care and knowledge (like all dogs I suppose). It's a shame so many get PTS. There were a lot where I used to live. It seems there was a lady involved in rehoming locally and she was very successful at it.
Twice in the last two weeks I've watched dogs s**t in front of me while the owners are too busy staring at phones or chatting. That includes the man [on his phone] whose dog wasn't on a lead and it was busy running across someone's front garden before depositing an amount that wouldn't have disgraced a small pony. I bet the homeowner was thrilled.Â
Not to mention the amount of time I have to spend watching the ground to avoid stepping in it...Â
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.