Not quite related to this thread, but it is - a thing I didn't think of until someone did it for me.
When my previous cat, Athene, died, friends (:waves:) made a donation in her name to their local animal shelter. It was a totally awesome idea, and it made me teary in all the right ways (and still does.)
I got an email this morning that the 24 year old cat of dear friends finally died on Monday (he'd been in slow decline for the last few months: I got to see him when I was in Minnesota in March, and he was obviously showing his age at long last.) And I went off to my local humane center website, and made them a donation, and... yeah.
My budget doesn't always allow me to do it for every cat, but I made a decision then, to do it for cats I've met, or people I'm particularly close to, at the very least.
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Date: 2013-06-12 03:57 pm (UTC)When my previous cat, Athene, died, friends (:waves:) made a donation in her name to their local animal shelter. It was a totally awesome idea, and it made me teary in all the right ways (and still does.)
I got an email this morning that the 24 year old cat of dear friends finally died on Monday (he'd been in slow decline for the last few months: I got to see him when I was in Minnesota in March, and he was obviously showing his age at long last.) And I went off to my local humane center website, and made them a donation, and... yeah.
My budget doesn't always allow me to do it for every cat, but I made a decision then, to do it for cats I've met, or people I'm particularly close to, at the very least.