Every community has a story…..

This past fall we did a two day clinic in Butte.  They had a full roster as well as a significant number of animals on the waiting list.  In the early afternoon a young couple arrived at the clinic with their kitty carefully placed in a cardboard box.  Unfortunately they did not have an appointment.  They explained to the volunteers at the check in desk that their neighbor told them about the free spay/neuter clinic that morning.  They didn’t have a car so they quickly bundled up their kitty in a cardboard box and set off on foot for the Butte Animal Shelter.  They walked all the way from their apartment in up-town butte.  Upon arrival at the shelter it was explained to them that the spay/neuter clinic was being held at the Butte Mall.  Off they trotted with kitty in tow to the Butte Mall.  This young couple spent the entire morning walking several miles to get their kitty Tabitha spayed and we could not turn them away.  Tabitha did have her surgery, went through recovery and she and her determined owners were driven home by one of the Butte volunteers.  I had a phone call last week from that young couple to let me know that Tabitha had healed well and they both finally had full time employment.  They wanted to send us a donation in Tabitha’s name to help another family that may have run into hard times.   This was last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.  Thank you Jackie, John and Tabitha.