Limited Shelf Life

Limited shelf life. Someone used this phrase to me today. They weren't talking about food items, or the popularity of X Factor contestants. They were talking about puppies and kittens.

This is how it works here at IAR, Goa: If they can't find a home for a healthy kitten or puppy within an alotted time they are PTS (put to sleep - yes, somebody else used this acronym to me today).

This does not sit well with me at all. In short, I do not agree with it and I have to admit I am struggling a bit, wondering if I am really making any difference at all. I am uncomfortable with donating any money to a charity that ends the lives of healthy living creatures and am torn about what to do with the money I have raised for them.