“No Good Deed
Goes Unpunished.”
Oscar Wilde
Music: Hit The Road Jack
I used to work for our nation’s uncaring bureaucracy
I had mistakenly thought my job was to help our vets
Bureaucrats said: “No, now we'll reduce their benefits”
So I left my job, and today, like some others, I help pets
But even the sad world of pet rescue, contains these callous bureaucrats
A very compassionate employee was just fired, for saving one dog’s life
His bureaucratic bosses, had decided to euthanize this abandoned canine
The man thought the dog deserved a chance, and took him home one night
Most bureaucratic bosses are outraged when their ‘sage directives’ are ignored
They immediately gave this man an order to return this canine to be euthanized
“Return Dog #275 Now, Or You Will Be Terminated From Your Employment!”
Good Deeds are routinely punished, so today, many give up, and don’t even try
But I salute this man, who had the courage and the conviction to rescue this dog
I know several others who have been arrested for freeing starving dogs on chains
And others who were labeled ‘domestic terrorists’ for their protests at puppy mills
For so many today, doing the right thing, is often accompanied by ridicule and pain
And like the man who was just terminated from his job for saving a worthy canine
I was told that I was no longer welcome at a shelter where I had been volunteering
Since I found a terrified little dog in a back room, that was about to be ‘put down’
And I put her in my car, drove off, and today, to my wife and I much joy she brings
Fighting for a cause today has become extremely difficult in our bureaucratic society
Road blocks and layer upon layer of bureaucratic red tape now always get in the way
But if you have a cause that you believe in, it’s worth all the hurdles and the obstacles
And I, for one, hope you’ll consider adopting Dog #276, before he is euthanized today
Saving One Canine Won’t Change This Sad Old World,
But It Will Change The World, For The One Being Saved.
©March 2012, Mr. Ed
You Can Read Our Latest Rescue Effort At The Care2 Animal Welfare Website,
‘Rescued: Surveillance Camera Reveals Hungry Dog Crawling In Dumpster’
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caring for God's creatures!!! Not corrupt
politics..Thanks, *Mr Ed* for the caring!!!
Lady Vivian
"Show me a big-wheel Boss, or Bureaucrat,
and I'll show you a Non-Caring Rat-Bastard!"
Tom...
me upset to see such b. go on and on. Good for you Jake !
Lady Mary Ann
Dog #275 is already at this terminated employee's home. He's sticking to his guns; he's adopted him, and he's already looking for another job.
Saving Dog #276 is my way of asking people to head down to their own overflowing local shelter or pound before the next innocent dog is put down.
Anna