So I was reading the news this morning and came across an article on something that I had read the other day. The first article I read was about this puppy that was euthanized in Oklahoma along with his litter mates. However, one of the men that work at the facility looked in the box after the puppies had been euthanized and found that one was very much alive and well. The weird thing was that the animal shelter euthanized the puppies, put them in a box and threw them out into the dumpster. Are there not laws regulating the disposal of animal remains? Maybe Oklahoma is different from everyone else... The shelter has aptly named the puppy "Wall-E" and apparently the story that the news has generated has caused hundreds of people from Canada and the US to call the shelter and ask if they could adopt him. So I don't think Wall-E is going to have a difficult time finding a new home!
So why is it that so many people are willing to adopt Wall-E? Well, for one, he has a pretty unique story of coming back from the dead (or the veterinarian accidentally used saline instead of euthasol)! There are so many animals out there that need homes and so many of them get euthanized if they are not adopted within a certain amount of time. How about if news channels and papers make up an amazing story for each and every homeless animal? I'm sure they would get more calls then! I just think that it is so crazy how if a news channel were to show that same puppy without the story of the miraculous recovery it had, you wouldn't see nearly as many adoption calls. It is so amazing how a simple story of survival can prompt hundreds of people to call for an adoption request. Too bad all homeless animals don't have an amazing survival story. If I recall correctly, I think this happened during Katrina and another dog was looking for a new home (although, it may have been a stranded dog that had a previous home as I can't remember for sure).
Oh, and to answer your question Lisa, I am not near the site where Battle of Culloden took place, but it's not that far and I can easily reach it by train.
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