Welcome back! Here’s to 2021 and every possible good thing.
And on that subject, here’s a great thing: a message on behalf of animals who need vet care – a message so wonderful, it should attract millions of donor dollars to aid this eminently worthy cause.
The call came in at 5:51 pm on Friday, December 11. Janine, our programs director, was still in the office. “Can you help?,” the caller asked, while crying. She was sitting in her car in a veterinary hospital parking lot with her dying cat. He had a urinary tract blockage - a life-threatening condition. Romeo had been examined by the vet, but nothing was done because she did not have the money. Instead, they brought him back out to her car. Her son was crying, she was distraught and Romeo was surely going to die. Then she found Animal Protection League of New Jersey.She had learned of another hospital that was still open and would see her. Would APLNJ be able to pay the bill? If our Veterinary Bill Assistance Fund was empty, we would not have been able to say: Absolutely! Once there the vet immediately put a catheter in to allow urine to pass.
Romeo spent four days in the hospital until he was able to pass urine on his own. He’s been home now for 12 days and his mom says he’s doing great!
When Janine told me about this, I knew we had to tell you this positive story. Because of YOU Romeo’s life was saved! This is one example of your donation at work. Your support is life-saving and we know Romeo would agree!
If you’d like to see that our Veterinary Bill Assistance Fund will always be available, so that we may be able to help others like Romeo, please click below.
Thank you!
Signed by Angi Metler, Executive Director of the Animal Protection League of NJ (aplnj.org), this message had gone out to those on the organization’s mailing list, and it prompted both generous contributions and responses such as
- how could a veterinarian be so cruel as to withhold treatment for lack of money?
- was that vet's refusal to provide lifesaving help a breach of professional ethics?
- so much for "24/7 emergency service"!
Programs director Janine Motta handles the requests for help with vet bills. They arrive regularly -- especially now, during ongoing pandemic and economic crises. She dreads ever having to tell a pet owner APL can't be of help because there are no funds available.
People with pets know ensuring their good health can be expensive. To help those who can’t handle vet bills right now – to help all the other Romeos out there! -- please donate to APL’s Veterinary Bill Assistance Program (VBAP). It’s easy to do; just click here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=B74TL9ELP8J8Y
True Christmas miracle
“One plant worker saw something abnormal: a moving, crying backpack.” Three kittens had been stuffed inside and discarded in a Burlington County recycle bin.
The two girls and one boy then survived the recyc truck’s compressors and a trip through some of the plant’s heavy-duty sorting machinery, including a wheel designed to break down recyclables. Only then was their (oddly-behaving) backpack spotted by Barrie Donaldson, a plant employee – and hero.
Sonny, 1 of 3 saved kittens
Checked out and judged to be OK, the three kittens were soon adopted. Light a candle to St. Gertrude of Nivelles, the patron saint of cats? https://whyy.org/articles/miracle-kittens-found-in-backpack-rescued-from-n-j-recycling-plants-conveyor-belt/
Mutually harmful
Covid-19 relief may be coming, but more viruses are sure to follow as humans continue to destroy habitat, maintain notorious wet markets and consume wild animals. Links to earlier articles by David Quammen on this subject have appeared here; this is his latest: “The Virus, the Bats and Us.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/opinion/covid-bats.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20201211&instance_id=24934&nl=opinion-today®i_id=20760274&segment_id=46651&te=1&user_id=a360dad7b26df61ea65737080d3deedd
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