"It's so dark and cold out here, surely they will remember they left me here and come back and get me. I am getting hungry and thirsty and I would like to lie down on my bed and take a nap. These strangers are scaring me. I want to go home!" A little dramatic I am sure however, I don't think anyone takes the animal's point of view when they suddenly "fall out of love" with it and decide to take the animal out to the country or neighboring town and dump it out, like you would throw away an old pair of socks. I blame Hollywood for a lot of the fads in pet adoption, people go see a movie that has an animal star such as Beethoven (a St. Bernard) or the infamous Lassie (a collie) and they have to go out and get one just like it for themselves, not realizing these animals are highly trained to do the "cute" things they do in the movies or TV. People don't stop to think before purchasing a dog or cat and when they realize this isn't the dog or cat they wanted, they get rid of it. They take the animal home and then learn they have to housetrain it and socialize it. Suddenly they are up to their ears in chewed up shoes and or clothes while the puppy is in their chewing stage or the cat shreds our their expensive drapes or couch, merely sharpening their claws. Not to mention housetraining, that takes a lot of time and patience. They can't take it anymore, so they put the animal in the car for a ride and take it out to the country and drop it off for someone else to worry about. Deluding himself or herself that someone will adopt it and give it a good home.
             Animal dumping is a huge ongoing concern in this part of the country and I am sure it is prevalent elsewhere in the country. This practice must be stopped because it is inhumane, has serious safety issues for both the animal and the people that the animal is dumped on, is a blatant infraction upon a pro
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