It was nearly 100 degrees when a Good Samaritan spotted a box sitting in the parking lot at Rolling Oaks Mall near Macy's Department Store. Out of curiosity she walked over and looked into the box only to find a puppy baking in the afternoon heat.
The Good Samaritan carried the box into the mall and called the San Antonio Police Department for help. An offer responded and took the box and puppy to the Animal Defense League. We named her "Macy" in tribute to where she was found. She was greatly overheated, dehydrated, and very lethargic.
There was no way to know who had dumped her there. Fortunately no one ran over the box. And thanks to the Good Samaritan, Macy is on the road to recovery.
Who knows why someone would dump a perfectly fine puppy in the middle of a parking lot? but someone did so.
Too often people see animals as objects. Failing to see them for who they are. People with fur. And four legs.
Thanks to WOAI TV's report on Macy, Kami rushed to ADL the morning after the TV report and offered to foster her. What a wonderful commitment. Fosters literally save lives every day at ADL. And for Macy that means she will have time to recover in a home rather than a kennel.
There's not a lot of difference between animal abuse -- burning, cutting, hitting, hurting dogs and cats and dumping a baby in the middle of a parking lot to roast in the summer sun. Folks who do those things should be punished. But they are rarely identified so they are rarely prosecuted. And isn't that a shame.
(c) Ron Aaron. 2008
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