I was thinking more about the hundreds of thousands of people with pets who don't have any savings.
And I wondered if a vet would put down a pet for a minor condition because someone couldn't pay a small amount like say under $1000.
Yeah I know what you mean. Out here in the country, I've noticed that the vets allow people to have accounts which they pay off regularly as they can. A bit unfair to call these people bogans then, isn't it?
In the city, vets don't work that way so much anymore. Not sure what people do - maybe when they really love the animal, they borrow. I don't know. I've seen people paying off accounts bit by bit but I've also heard of people shooting the dog 'cause they can't feed it properly etc.
I'd rather see us donating money to vets and pounds anonymously for these people in preference to donating to cafes for coffee.
I've always been a big softie with animals and looks like quite a few SSers are too. When I was young, there were a few people around who would spend money on operations etc - even our family did it when the dog got run over. But a lot of the older people thought we were cookoo.
Seems most people do what they can these days.
Different to cows, sheep even horses. These animals are part of the family and sometimes our best friends and we feel protective of them.
Noticing that even some of the tough farmers are a lot softer than they let on, too.
Things have definitely changed.