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If Only I Was Human
Written By: David Stroud - Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society | Issue: November - 2022
Zoey’s story is one of abandonment and undying hope.
Zoey
Hey everyone, this is Zoey. I have a story to tell, and I can’t type worth a darn, so I’ve asked David to basically just take dictation and let me share what’s on my mind.
I’m 10 years old. Although there seems to be a little bit of confusion about that. My human friends at the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society recently took me for a checkup at the doctor’s office and when they closed the door to the exam room, there was a chart on the back of the door. It basically said that if I am 10 years old, then that’s like 70 for you folks.
I’m in good health and I suppose that the only complaint I have heard about myself is that sometimes I pee a little bit when I don’t mean to. Well, according to that chart, do you know any other 70-year-old-somethings who do that sometimes? C’mon.
I lived with my human companions for quite some time. But one day, they dropped me off here at this really nice facility. It is truly a nice place. Not like a home, but it’s the next best thing. My humans felt bad about bringing me here, and they cried a little, I think. I’m not sure, because they didn’t make eye contact with me very much that day. They said they would come visit me while I was here.
They never came back.
I’ve heard that sometimes humans are dropped off, too, at nice places like where I am. And I’ve heard that their human friends and family always come to visit them and let them know how much they are loved and missed. Surely no one would ever leave a beloved human friend or family member, no matter how wonderful the place they brought them, and never come back to visit. Humans would never do that to each other. Would they?
If only I was human.
Established in 1987, Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit animal welfare organization located at 200 Gable Drive in Sapphire, one-and-a-half miles east of the Cashiers Ingles in between Cedar Creek Club and Lonesome Valley on Highway 64. Our no-kill shelter is open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. For more information, visit us online at chhumanesociety.org or call (828) 743-5752. Tax-deductible donations to support our lifesaving work can be mailed to: CHHS, P.O. Box 638, Cashiers, NC 28717.
