Well, nobody else was doing anything to perhaps create a solution. If they were, please let me know - I may have missed a post.

"Grasping at straws" is a common expression regarding thinking of weak ideas to solve a certain situation. I used "wet" to indicate limp and even more useless than the regular straws regarding calling child welfare. In that post, I did not mention calling them myself; I wrote "Family Services" and mentioned Bri's name. There are people who know her much better than I do, and that would have been for them to consider, not me. Again, I did not intend to call them, and I do apologize if that was construed from my post.

You did not contribute and that was your right. A request is not an order. I am very aware of that.

I was in touch with the shelter before to get information on applying for Gizzie's spay, so it's not like this was out of the blue. I got advice, passed on some of the information, and did not act on the rest.

IMO - the internet has created a lot of global backyards. If I can get information quickly, and it may be of use, I will do that.

If in the process of organizing Gizzie's spay, NO ONE had ever heard of the Humane Society offering spay-neuter grants, I feel that was worth mentioning.