A Serious Case of Apathy in Grant Parish, Louisiana
by The serious neglect and abandonment of dogs and cats in our Grant Parish here in Louisiana. Horses are now fast becoming candidates for just the same thing. People think if they take their unwanted pets to the local dump site, others will feel sorry and take them home to adopt as their pets, not so!
Because of the situation at the local dump site, I avoid going there at most all costs. However, one day I had to dump our trash as we have no pick up service out front of our country road. I prayed I wouldn’t see any pups or kittens present this day. But the good Lord must have had his ears elsewhere when my prayer was ushered forth.
From his home of filth, loneliness and misery, emerged a tiny black puppy. With my kind of luck, and because of the absolute love I have for all animals, he quickly came up to me with a mighty wag of his little tail-the kind of wag that makes their entire behinds shake back and forth! In spite of his hunger and bewilderment, this friend to man remained untainted by his mean conditions.
I went home as fast as the law allowed so I could gather up food and water. I dubbed this pup “PePe Le Phew!” Only he didn’t smell, it was the dump and the nasty people who abandoned him who stunk! He gobbled the food up like eating was soon going out of style and he drank his water in like fashion. When it came time for me to go home, this pup licked my hand in parting. Needless to say, I left the dump site with tears pouring down my face, vowing endlessly to never, never go to the dump bins again!
There is no “quick fix” for either the animals, or for the concerned citizens of Grant Parish. I know there are those who go to dump sites and feed the strays they find there. We vainly attempt to adopt out these unwanted animals to good homes and I’ve taken a couple home myself-they have always been the best and most grateful animals to exist as somehow they know they’ve been saved. As I write, they are running in feral packs, my backyard holds a brimming ten kittens and cats that I feed. It appears the ground is swimming with them. Soon the feral ones will become dangerous the longer they remain apart from the loving human element. I heartily agree that everything just about, costs too darn much these days. We feel this crunch in our family. I also know that people should come before animals when times get hard, but with a little common sense, this occurrence with abandoned animals would not need to be taking place. Spaying and neutering says a lot and folks need to realize it takes extra money for the proper care of the animals we want as our personal pets.
Animals were created for our enjoyment, companionship, and for all the good they can contribute to man’s quality of life. They are our protectors and best friends. They don’t deserve to be mistreated under any circumstance. So, the next time you think about that cute and cuddly puppy or kitten, please think also, about their health and welfare. If you cannot or will not afford them their very basic needs, along with a lot of love and time spent, please do not try to be an animal owner. Anything less than this kind of treatment is abuse. I hope and pray that one day soon, the people of Grant Parish, Louisiana will come to their senses. The way it is now, is unconscionable!
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Post Commentcutedrishti8
On November 3, 2009 at 3:52 pm
A well researched information
diamondpoet
On November 3, 2009 at 4:55 pm
This is such a sad, I hate seeing maltreat of animals. Great article and it is so informative. Thank you for sharing. I’ll pray.
athena goodlight
On November 3, 2009 at 6:14 pm
This is heartbreaking. People who do not know how to take care of animals do not deserve have pets nor deserve the love and loyalty of these dear creatures. May your voice be heard in your county. Thanks for sharing.
mo hoyal
On November 3, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Dear Athena,
Thank you so much for coming to read. I have sent this to the local paper and they did print it-an earlier version of it anyway. It hasn’t done much good. There is supposed to be a new casino in the making not far from here. I will honestly go to those people-when they get going strong enough, and they will, to ask them to please consider getting an animal shelter started. It won’t hurt to ask anyway, wish me luck!
mo hoyal
On November 3, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Dear cute,
Thank you so much for coming by to read. The actual “research” is living this nightmare on a daily basis, here where I live in Grant Parish. I hope someday this problem will be resolved!
mo hoyal
On November 3, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Dear diamond!
I see you shining all the way from over here! Thank you so much for caring enough to come to read. It really is a bad thing here and I have quite a number of cats and kittens that I feed daily but that is no solution if they can’t be spayed or neutered, and that is too expensive and I can only catch a very few of them. I hope someday people will come to the realization that animals need to be cared for!
Jane Benitez
On November 3, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Mo, perhaps running this article in your local newspaper would help in your area. Apparently, it is going to take someone like yourself to educate your community. Very well done article.
mo hoyal
On November 3, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Thank you dear Jane,
I did send it in a few years ago, it was printed and not much has changed. For some reason, our parish seems to be worse but maybe it’s just my opinion. It was just too much though, to see the Freon liberally poured out in wait of little tongues to lap it up! Can you imagine?
Best regards from me.
Frances Lawrence
On November 4, 2009 at 7:26 am
This is so sad, surely there must be laws about animal cruelty? People who let this happen are the lowest of the low.
larry84
On November 4, 2009 at 1:55 pm
good write
mo hoyal
On November 4, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Frances, if you know what exhasperating is, and I know you do, my friend-get this-in the neighborhood where I live, just the neighbor’s dogs are a pain in the bum. When I go to ride around the roads, they come up barking and trying to get close, with some even trying to get to my mare’s tail if I were to let them-thus makes for a nervous ride. What’s even more ridiculous is that we have in effect what is called a “leash law”, they must be contained at any cost-back yard fencing, etc. and not to run loose, ha. I’d have to call the law and turn the entire neighborhood in! When I called police for information, they said I would go to jail if I so much as shot the marauding dogs with a plastic pelleted b-b gun-one that would not hurt them. How’s this for nerve and lliving in a remarkably bakward state! There seems to be no break to stupidity other than to become a hermit and go live in a cave with my horse! Not complaining to you, just letting you know how uncontrolled and ridiculous it is to live across the big pond!
mo hoyal
On November 4, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Thanks for coming by to read larry84, I truly appreciate it!
Tracey Parece
On November 5, 2009 at 1:22 pm
This is an absolutely horrible situation. You did the right thing by writing this article to bring it to the attention of the public. It is so sad and the pictures are distrubing. The article is well-written and contains important information. I hope and pray that your article will help create change!
mo hoyal
On November 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Thanks so much Tracey, I appreciate your reading it. I am hoping a lot of people in Louisiana will find out about Triond and see what’s going on in their own state-but many know about it already! I know people and especially our elderly and c hildren are suffering-here in Louisiana I heard the stats that one-half of our children receive food stamps! But animals need to be a consideration as well.
Tom Silex
On November 7, 2009 at 7:29 am
your a good investigative writer.
mo hoyal
On November 7, 2009 at 1:21 pm
This, I take as high compliment and thank you so much for coming by to read this article. I feel so helpless when it comes to this topic but the next thing I want to try-and it just may be a shot in the dark-is to go to the local Indian casino when they get up and going and try to meet with their tribal leader to see if they will consider this as a community project. Once they get going the money will roll in for them I know, it’s already been proved. There are no other businesses around here that would help.
Once again, thank you so much!
Hansika
On November 8, 2009 at 12:44 am
i like u and ur articles mann…
mo hoyal
On November 11, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Shanthu,
Thank you so much for liking my articles, and me……..that’s a wonderful thing to hear! I truly appreciate you!
NOLA88
On November 22, 2009 at 8:01 pm
WONDERFUL article and so very true. As a volunteer for a Protective Animal Welfare Society (Not a Humane Society) I know first hand the many calls received with complaints of the ongoing homeless animal concerns. The residents of Grant Parish has got to all come together, strong and determined and meet with the Police Jurors every month and literally DEMAND help! I know it will cost money, but if you can get financially stable people that are responsible pet owners, and KNOW that there is a time to stop (meaning not get overwelmed with animals at your home) these people could help foster these animals until you can get them into an organization somewhere, whether a No Kill shelter in the state of La or out.
But it will take commitment from everyone involved, time and a lot of patience! While helping to foster…again meet with those Jurors…Just remember: You all VOTE these jurors in…you CAN VOTE them out! Remind them of that when you meet with them. Good Luck! I\’m here to help any way I can.
mo hoyal
On November 24, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Nola,
Thank you so much for the encouragement. I am actually going to try to speak to the elders of the Jena-Choctaw tribe that are supposed to put a casino in not too far from me-they or and institution like them could do a great deal with this, so I am now waiting on this-they will have to make their money first but they will.
I truly appreciate your comment and offer of help. I’ll check for articles from you when you list them and I have added you as my friend!
Leonardo da Vinci E.
On January 28, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Quite appropriate it is that a voice should be present to speak up for domesticated animals. It is unfortunate that in the city of Austin, TX. where they give you the “tour” on what they say they do for the homeless, but behind the scenes you can learn that they are really inadequate, cynical, and mean; I have had the occasion to assist human beings during this recession, human being who are really being treated like animals in this G.O.P. state.
RS Wing
On February 1, 2010 at 5:20 am
You show great compassion for the abandoned animals in such a time of strife . Hope this one makes it. A fine write and tearful read.
Lori D'Arensbourg
On February 13, 2010 at 10:21 pm
It’s most probably like this in all rural Louisiana Parishes. This is an ongoing problem in LaSalle Parish as well. Sickening, I’ve picked up numerous cats and dogs from the dump and I only pass through 6 times a year. I worry most about the ones I don’t find.
Natalie McDonald
On May 20, 2011 at 1:28 am
Mo, are you still here? I live in Rapides Parish but I’m absolutely stunned by what’s going on in Grant Parish. Why does the police jury do nothing about animals in its jurisdiction? Why are the dumpster sites at Montgomery, Aloha and Rock Hill full of abandoned dogs? Why are private individuals taking over for what should be a parish-administered function, and fostering as many as 29, 65 or even 125 dogs on their own farms up there? Why can’t anyone mobilize an effort to help these poor creatures?