Week Three, Day Three

There are actually many reasons why animals are surrendered to an Animal Shelter. Some reasons make more sense than others, but not knowing the full story, volunteers cannot judge the person who surrendered the animals. With the animals in the shelter, it’s important to know where each of the animals has come from; but it is more important where the animals are going. So instead of focusing on why the animals were placed in the Animal Shelter, it’s better to focus on how to get the animals adopted. Positive outlook always works best.

However, to know where someone is going and how they are going to get there; it’s important to know where they are from. Yes, this is also true for animals. For instance, if an animal has come from an abusive home; the animal is going to need a lot of understanding and love from a new home.

Monkey (#29536), Ani (#29121) and Mercy (#29148) are all cats who had different reasons for surrender. Monkey is a one and half year old orange tiger who was a stray. I presume Monkey was found by Animal Control and brought into the shelter. I enjoy the picture of Monkey because of the animal's eyes. Monkey was a bit difficult to photograph at first then suddenly he sat down for a solid five minutes and I was able to get a couple good pictures.

Ani is a white and black cat whose reason for surrender was simply “cannot keep.” Ani's eyes stick out immensely against her white fur. I find this picture both captivating and eerie; almost like a mysterious bond between good and evil.

Mercy is a one and half year old tri-color cat who was surrendered because the owner’s were having a new baby. Mercy wanted nothing to do with me or my camera and I find her reason for surrender to be an interesting contributing factor.