By reading your post I realise more and more how lucky I am to live in a country where kill shelter have been abolished. It also saddens me so much that it is usually the eldest or disabled that don't find a home (as I said before I have a disabled cat and also a "niece" in the same conditions). THey need love just as much as all the others.

I wish I was brave enough to help in one of the rescue shelters but I don't think I would be of much help, I go to pieces only to think of all those cats and dogs who will leave most of their life in a cage. I also could not cope with some of the stories my sister (who does some volontary work)tells me, I could either end up with a nervous breakdown or turn into a terminator and go after some people.