03-15-2020, 10:10 PM
Stay safe everyone 
This is going to affect animals in many ways too. A Spanish animal rescue who depend on donations have put a video out asking us not to forget the rescue animals. They try their best to save all the animals in their care, rather than put them to sleep when they are badly injured etc, but have expensive vet bills to pay constantly.
And they adopt all over Europe, allowing new spaces in their rescue for newcomers.
But in this crisis, such things have become either impossible or harder. The animals still get vet care, but they will be running up debts. One cannot ask the vets who perform life saving and complex surgeries to work for nothing.
I stocked up with many essentials back in January when I first heard of the Wuhan outbreak. But of course there are always things one didn't think of! Or certain fresh foods needed..
The major supermarkets are still running online delivery services here, and there is even an arrangement people can make to cut out contact with others, if self quarantining, whereby the food is delivered in bags, left on the porch/doorstep, and then the customer is contacted via phone call, to check that they receieved it and all is well.
But....the online deliveries are suddenly booked up at least 10 days in advance. That has happened during the last week.
This is going to affect animals in many ways too. A Spanish animal rescue who depend on donations have put a video out asking us not to forget the rescue animals. They try their best to save all the animals in their care, rather than put them to sleep when they are badly injured etc, but have expensive vet bills to pay constantly.
And they adopt all over Europe, allowing new spaces in their rescue for newcomers.
But in this crisis, such things have become either impossible or harder. The animals still get vet care, but they will be running up debts. One cannot ask the vets who perform life saving and complex surgeries to work for nothing.
I stocked up with many essentials back in January when I first heard of the Wuhan outbreak. But of course there are always things one didn't think of! Or certain fresh foods needed..
The major supermarkets are still running online delivery services here, and there is even an arrangement people can make to cut out contact with others, if self quarantining, whereby the food is delivered in bags, left on the porch/doorstep, and then the customer is contacted via phone call, to check that they receieved it and all is well.
But....the online deliveries are suddenly booked up at least 10 days in advance. That has happened during the last week.
