Shelter for the smallest
whatyourheartsays
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I feel pretty embarrassed to open thread about what i do, but i think their pain deserve to be known and people working with me deserve that i talk about it.
My organisation is called "Rongeurs en Destress" (Rodents in de-stress) I created it with 2 friends in 2010 and we care for all small domestic rodents (rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, mice, etc etc) and rabbits (dwarf or giant) we are little team of 3 people + few foster families.
We rescued this pets because most of the time people do not care about them. They are small, not expensive, often given to kids to get some 1st experience about "life". Their life is often a drama : locked in small cages, sick and never cured, forgotten and starving, killed by accident...they are just living toys.
We try to rescue as much as we can from different situation : abandonned, mistreated, uncontroled breeding, injured or sick pets in pet shops who prefer to kill them because they cannot be sold anymore, we also try to save pets from laboratories when we have chance to do so (we don't have violent action, we try to convince people to give us unused animals so they can be adopted instead of being killed for nothing)
We rescue the pets, take them to the vet if necessary, and place them in foster famillies until they are adopted. If they don't find a home, they just stay with us and enjoy retirement in their foster house. All our actions are supported only by donations, and by little products we create and sell.
I hope this little thread can change view on those animals and maybe give motivation to other people to help them and make their life better.
Here is little video of the organisation. I'm very sorry that i used MJ song (please Michael, be nice to us <!-- s:D -->:D<!-- s:D --> ) but i just felt inspired using it for the video.
for non french speaker translation of the texte
"even the smallest life deserves respect...
Save, Care, Inform, Make Happy
Special Thanks to people who support us and inspire us, nothing would exist without you"
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My organisation is called "Rongeurs en Destress" (Rodents in de-stress) I created it with 2 friends in 2010 and we care for all small domestic rodents (rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, mice, etc etc) and rabbits (dwarf or giant) we are little team of 3 people + few foster families.
We rescued this pets because most of the time people do not care about them. They are small, not expensive, often given to kids to get some 1st experience about "life". Their life is often a drama : locked in small cages, sick and never cured, forgotten and starving, killed by accident...they are just living toys.
We try to rescue as much as we can from different situation : abandonned, mistreated, uncontroled breeding, injured or sick pets in pet shops who prefer to kill them because they cannot be sold anymore, we also try to save pets from laboratories when we have chance to do so (we don't have violent action, we try to convince people to give us unused animals so they can be adopted instead of being killed for nothing)
We rescue the pets, take them to the vet if necessary, and place them in foster famillies until they are adopted. If they don't find a home, they just stay with us and enjoy retirement in their foster house. All our actions are supported only by donations, and by little products we create and sell.
I hope this little thread can change view on those animals and maybe give motivation to other people to help them and make their life better.
Here is little video of the organisation. I'm very sorry that i used MJ song (please Michael, be nice to us <!-- s:D -->:D<!-- s:D --> ) but i just felt inspired using it for the video.
for non french speaker translation of the texte
"even the smallest life deserves respect...
Save, Care, Inform, Make Happy
Special Thanks to people who support us and inspire us, nothing would exist without you"
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Comments
I wished it would be impossible to buy animals. They should be adopted, for they are living beings, and people should have to get good informations about everything before they get animals.
I recommend everyone who wants to have an animal to NOT buy one. Go to an animal shelter.
And - when you get an animal that before was mistreated and neglected, it is so wonderful to see how they step by step begin to trust and to revive and how they begin to experience joy. ♥
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The case we face now (45 pets from about 150 are in our foster families) consider there were also 17 cats and a ferret, and 40 rats hidden in the couch...in a 30m² appartment...
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We lost 2 guinea pigs and a degu, who died from starvation and couldn't be saved, even spoon fed for a week.
Merci de toute l'aide que tu apportes aux êtres vivants négligés.
Je t'encourage à fond!
Sophie (du Québec)