Wonderful. Although when I read bios on people like Ms. Cohen, it tends to make me look in the mirror and think, "LOSER!" But god bless Bea, you badass.

Please share more stories like this. They make my heart sing. What a wonderful lady!

No actually the worst jerk is still the jerk who did the spiteful sending. He thought nothing of doing something that was likely to end badly just to get his nasty point across. I honestly can't believe we're coming down on his side here. Oy. Think about it, WTF would you even do if you got a dozen live animals in the…

I certainly think so! I see her about once a week and while she is undoubtedly very old, she enjoys her life still. It just makes me beyond angry that my mother's husband wants the dog dead and that my mother is so easily influenced by him. They were going to a wedding and had decided to get her put down before they…

The funny thing is, he is a jerk for doing this and she is a jerk for TRYING TO DUMP THEM IN THE GARBAGE.

If they were in a relationship he likely knew she was the sort of person who'd take her anger out on the chicks.

Those are ducklings. Making baby chickens try to swim would result in dead baby chicks. Not the best swimmers.

My father is a Post Master so before everyone loses their minds - it is perfectly safe to send chicks in the mail (you can send crickets, too- the Science Museum in Boston gets them by the gross). They go overnight and all is well. You can't just slap a stamp on them and put them in mailbox. Although, people put the…

True. I'm moving into a no-dogs-allowed apartment next year, and was genuinely very worried about what I was going to do with my long-term foster if he didn't get adopted (which seemed likely as he was 8). Like, this dog wasn't even mine and I still felt SO BAD about possibly having to take him back to the shelter…

And here's the fatal flaw in his plan...putting such effort into sending this to her only proves that he is desperate and sad and definitely not over it.

I have a theory about this, after having just gone through a search for a dog to adopt. I think people tell the shelter that the reason they're giving up the pet is that they're moving, and some of the rescue groups also fill in that bit of information, and maybe not totally truthfully. It's the most innocuous…

No, not my first time. We purposely take Greyhounds no one else wants, as well as doing a lot of cat rescue. We have seven pets plus a foster right now! But we love them just as much and it doesn't get easier...

I draw the line at moving thirty-one cats to Israel, though.

That is not helpful. I'm sure that the OP has considered every alternative.

Me too. A week prior to his passing we were outside and I tripped & fell. While I was lying there, laughing at myself, Boo climbed up on my chest and took the opportunity to knead me. It made the whole fall worth it and seeing the paws reminds me of it.

He's been on a long course of comfort-care and support. He's a 13-year-old Greyhound who was on the track for 197 races. His body is done in. It's time.

Yeah, the ridiculous indulgences have already begun. He's earned it.

my cat was in a shelter for almost a whole year, he was adopted at 1 1/2 as the "star pet" aka: longest resident. He is terrified of men and shoes, but bare footed men are okay. And even though i have had him 6.5 years, he still is afraid of my husband almost all of the time. He is declawed and has mangled claws(I…