So tired

Rescues don't help. Rescues don't EVER help; that's why people call *me*.

You know how many times a rescue group has taken or placed animals for me?

Exactly NEVER. EVER. In 20 years. NOT EVEN ONCE. NOT WITH ONE SINGLE KITTEN. NOT EVER. NOT ONE TIME. NOT ONE CAT.

What help I have received: LBSNF sent a friend over to loan me a dog trap which resulted in my being stuck with Simon, and the Peter Zippi vouchers allowed me to TNR almost 75 cats last year. Note: allowed *ME*  to TNR those cats last year, with help from a friend or two.

NOT ONE TIME, EVER, has a rescue taken an animal from me or from any of the dozens of people who call me every year.

I love our rescues, and they work hard. But telling people to call rescues is not good advice, because you know they won't take found animals. And what's more likely, at the end of the day, is that these people will end up calling ME. Because I help. And I don't want to anymore.

Just as the rescues are "tired of doing the job of ACS", I am tired of doing the job for the rescues.