Things like this have happened here as well. Occasionally I get them near dead. The best action you can take is notify the police of it and let them know the property owners name. then hope that the property owner can get the renters name to the police. Even if it goes no where you did something for the animal that no one else did and that was try to give it respect.



Feel free to mourn the loss and bury it. It doesnt hurt to treat the animal with dignity even tho the animal is gone and passed. While this primarily refers to dogs and cats maybe it will give you comfort.







Unlike most days at Rainbow Bridge, this day dawned

cold and gray, damp as a swamp and as dismal as could

be imagined. All of the recent arrivals had no idea

what to think, as they had never experienced a day

like this before. But the animals who had been waiting

for their beloved people knew exactly what was going

on and started to gather at the pathway leading to The

Bridge to watch.



It wasn't long before an elderly animal came into

view, head hung low and tail dragging. The other

animals, the ones who had been there for a while, knew

what his story was right away, for they had seen this

happen far too often.



He approached slowly, obviously in great emotional

pain, but with no sign of injury or illness. Unlike

all of the other animals waiting at The Bridge, this

animal had not been restored to youth and made healthy

and vigorous again. As he walked toward The Bridge, he

watched all of the other animals watching him. He knew

he was out of place here and the sooner he could cross

over, the happier he would be. But, alas, as he

approached The Bridge, his way was barred by the

appearance of an Angel who apologized, but told him

that he would not be able to pass. Only those animals

who were with their people could pass over Rainbow

Bridge. With no place else to turn to, the elderly

animal turned towards the fields before The Bridge and

saw a group of other animals like himself, also

elderly and infirm. They weren't playing, but rather

simply lying on the green grass, forlornly staring out

at the pathway leading to The Bridge. And so, he took

his place among them, watching the pathway and

waiting.



One of the newest arrivals at The Bridge didn't

understand what he had just witnessed and asked one of

the animals that had been there for awhile to explain

it to him.



"You see, that poor animal was a rescue. He was turned

in to rescue just as you see him now, an older animal

with his fur graying and his eyes clouding. He never

made it out of rescue and passed on with only the love

of his rescuer to comfort him as he left his earthly

existence. Because he had no family to give his love

to, he has no one to escort him across The Bridge."



The first animal thought about this for a minute and

then asked, "So what will happen now?" As he was about

to receive his answer, the clouds suddenly parted and

the gloom lifted. Approaching The Bridge could be seen

a single person and among the older animals, a whole

group was suddenly bathed in a golden light and they

were all young and healthy again, just as they were in

the prime of life.



"Watch, and see.", said the second animal. A second

group of animals from those waiting came to the

pathway and bowed low as the person neared. At each

bowed head, the person offered a pat on the head or a

scratch behind the ears. The newly restored animals

fell into line and followed him towards The Bridge.

They all crossed The Bridge together.



"What happened?"



"That was a rescuer. The animals you saw bowing in

respect were those who found new homes because of his

work. They will cross when their new families arrive.

Those you saw restored were those who never found

homes. When a rescuer arrives, they are allowed to

perform one, final act of rescue. They are allowed to

escort those poor animals that they couldn't place on

earth across The Rainbow Bridge."



"I think I like rescuers", said the first animal.
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