Would you leave an animal homeless?

Thank you for taking a moment to look at my blog, hopefully by the end of reading it, you will feel the need to help this charity as strongly as I do. Animals being left and abandoned on the streets is a very serious issue, and the Blue Cross put all of their effort into preventing this from happening. I am trying to raise awareness for this charity because they work so hard to help brighten up the lives of these animals, but do not get the notice they deserve for this or the level of funding they desperately need. Donating to the Blue Cross could help an animal hold on that little bit longer to stay alive, and hundreds of lives could be saved. Some reasons why you should consider donating are:

• The Blue Cross never put a price on an animal’s life
• Lots of people know about the Blue Cross, but fail to notice all of the hard work they put themselves through to help as many animals as possible
• They vaccinate, microchip and neuter all animals in their care

This is Ella, my cat that I adopted from The Blue Cross around two years ago. She came from an abusive home before she was given to the Blue Cross, as her old owner couldn’t be bothered to take care of her anymore. The woman who had her before used to leave her outside for up to 24 hours, and when Ella wasn’t being ignored, she was being shouted at for ‘not being the lap-cat this woman wanted her to be’.  But it didn’t end there. When Ella’s old owner decided that she wasn’t worth keeping anymore, she told lies about Ella to the Blue Cross staff just to get rid of her, such as ‘she hates being brushed and hates attention’ and ‘she brings in things that she’s caught on a regular basis, she won’t come in when she’s called’ and that ‘she bites and scratches when you try and pick her up.’ By the time Ella was taken in by the Blue Cross, it had come to the point where she wasn’t living anymore, just existing. And if that wasn’t bad enough, because of the false review her old owner had written about her, Ella was in the re–homing centre for over four months. The Blue Cross noticed that Ella had been unhappy in her old home, and had built up a wall around herself. They worked extremely hard to encourage her to come out of her shell, and eventually succeeded in breaking the downward spiral Ella was plunging into, and turned her into the sweet cat that I know and love.

Thank you so much again for reading my blog, I hope you now feel more informed about the work of the Blue Cross. Feel free to leave me a response with your thoughts - it would be great if you could answer the questions below. More details on the Blue Cross can be found on their website at  http://www.bluecross.org.uk/ Please help in any way you feel you can and save the lives of sick, injured and abandoned animals!

• Had you heard about the Blue Cross before?
• Do you now feel more informed about the Blue Cross’ work?
• Would you now consider donating/helping the Blue Cross in any way you feel you can?

If you do post a response, please can you state where you come from - for example – your home town or country if not the UK?

Thank you very much for taking an interest in my blog, find more at http://tggscitizenship.blogspot.co.uk/

Heather