Charlie

This is Charlie, the doggie I'm sponsoring at Dogs Trust. You can visit him by clicking this link. Sounded as if he had a great Xmas!

Their tagline of "We never destroy a healthy dog" touched me, as I think animal shelters and pounds sometimes put dogs down after seven days or so (it may vary from shelter to shelter). These poor dogs are in shelters/pounds usually because of immature/irresponsible adults and are put down because of lack of space or budget, etc. Yes, there are economics of running a shelter involved but you cannot put down an animal just because of their owner decided that he/she has gotten too big or outgrown the cute puppy basket or can't afford to spend 15mins of the day walking them! People wouldn't even dream of giving up their children (usually! There are situations when these do happen, unfortunately), so why do these helpless animals suffer through no fault of their own?

Anyway, one can contribute anything from £1 a week and you get dogs like Charlie 'writing' to you to let you know of their progress. Sweet, eh? Unfortunately, I can't visit Charlie because he's still cautious around strangers but hopefully one day....!