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My name is Yoko.
Like other members of Khlongdogs I came here when I was still
very young and helpless. I was in a home once but as it happened
me and my sisters were somewhat too much for the household and
one day we were just dumped on the street. Fortunately for us we
were also found by a nice lady and got a temporary home. Very
soon I joined Khlongdogs and I still live here because they said
that they will never let me go. That is good news because I
really do not want to live on the street and especially not in
Bangkok.
I am still young but I am a handsome boy now. During my time
here I have heard and seen a lot and some of the stories really
make you think. Yes, we cats do think and as a matter of fact:
we think a lot. Some people have the idea that we cats only do
what we want and never follow orders. That is not entirely true
but we are more like the what-you-see-is-what-you-get type. It
is however true that we are curious creatures and we are
interested in all things around us. That should make us very
loveable beings. Well, as nice as we actually are, we still end
up on the streets much too often and that is really a pity.
The other day we went to the animal hospital to see the vet.
Nowadays it appears that many people have pets and most of them
are expensive foreign breeds. Of course I asked myself why
people would spend a lot of money when so many cats and dogs for
that matter are just for free and available too. Then I saw a
paper on a pin board. Someone was looking for a cat in exchange
for a cat since the cat at home did not have the right color.
Wow! Obviously cats must match the color of the Porsche or the
bag or whatever else to be considered suitable. I really felt
bad and I was wondering what my live actually was worth. I still
consider myself a handsome boy but hey: who has a black and
white car or handbag? I was devastated and told myself to be
more humble in the future.
Maybe Mahatma Ghandi was right when he said: "You can judge a
society by the way it treats its animals." What went wrong over
the years? We cats used to be honored as temple cats, people
understood that we can do more than catching mice, we were
called the guardians of the underworld and it was common
knowledge that we cats have special powers. Now we have to match
the color of the car, we must be easy to maintain and we should
go somewhere else when people have vacations or move to another
place. Is this the state of the human society?
I sincerely hope that there is no reincarnation because the
people who now neglect or mistreat us might be born again as a
street dog or a street cat and then they will feel it,
experience it and suffer the pain of the forgotten, then they
will live like many of us do. Please help our friends out there
and consider adopting a street cat or street dog. Thank you! |
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