Why you should never judge a book by its cover..

[Taz_Zoee]

OMG, this brought tears to my eyes. First in disgust at what that man did to poor Gus. And second at how Matt saved/rescued Gus from the evil man.
It is true, you shouldn't judge before you know someone. But in a way we all do, unfortunately.
We just got home from an 11 day motorcycle trip. Walking around in full leathers can get some weird looks from people and I can only imagine what they think of us. They'd be shocked to know I am a HUGE animal lover and that my boyfriend teaches (volunteer) guitar to underpriveleged children.

[Catty1]

Take a look at the second pic here...know exactly what you mean!

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=154622

[elminster20]

I loved that picture Catty1.
And I always thought I was past the point where I'd judge someone from a first look. I myself have been the victim of that often enough, the sidelong looks and the shake of the head, the whispered comments, etc. and have seen people express great surprise when I talk about my two girls. But I dunno, I guess goth thing just threw me. It was pretty incredible to see though, and to see how well Gus got around on just three legs!!

[Medusa]

We just got home from an 11 day motorcycle trip. Walking around in full leathers can get some weird looks from people and I can only imagine what they think of us. They'd be shocked to know I am a HUGE animal lover and that my boyfriend teaches (volunteer) guitar to underpriveleged children.

I'm w/ya on that one, Cindy. When I dated a biker, if we were leathered up and got off the bike, sometimes mothers would actually grab their children and hold them close. Now really, do I look like a biker mama? My date didn't sport one tat either but apparently we projected an image that some people found scary. If they only knew that I had a houseful of furkids and he had two yellow labs.

How heartbreaking that the little kitty in this story had to go through such pain and trauma but how wonderful that he has such a strong and protective guardian. What a story! Thank you so much for sharing it. There are some really good people out there.

[Taz_Zoee]

I'm w/ya on that one, Cindy. When I dated a biker, if we were leathered up and got off the bike, sometimes mothers would actually grab their children and hold them close. Now really, do I look like a biker mama? My date didn't sport one tat either but apparently we projected an image that some people found scary. If they only knew that I had a houseful of furkids and he had two yellow labs.

Yup, Bruce has ZERO tattoos and I have one small one on my ankle that you can't see when we're riding because of long pants and boots. And it's a flower. But on vacation I always went up to people that had their dogs (we saw so many dogs on this trip), except when I was in full leathers or my helmet on. I didn't want to scare the dogs. LOL

[Trinityagain]

we saw a bumper sticker last week that goes along with the story and the pictures.."Real men rescue cats"

[jenluckenbach]

There is not a smilie icon big enough to show how much I loved the story.

[smokey the elder]

Looks like a goth version of Rescue, Ink; a group of highly-tattooed biker types that live on Long Island and do cat and dog rescue. No one is gonna mess with them or their cats!