| I'll try to remember to type in the article I have on this.
As I remember, they reccommended NOT putting the provisions in your
will, because they cannot be acted upon until the will is executed
(is that the right term?).
As for having animals put to sleep upon your death, I always
thought that was a rather conceited thing to do. (My life is over; the
cat surely has no reason to live without me...) UNTIL I got Pippin.
Pippin is the vet shredder, and no one but me can come anywhere near
controlling him at the vets (even my control is tenuous). I don't care
for unnecessary anesthesia, but I gave consent to have him put under at
his last checkup because that was the only way the vet could get
anywhere near his ears. (We suspected a problem with the ears.) It
took 3 of us, over 10 mins. to get the (intermuscular) anesthesia into
him and there was still bloodshed. This cat is an FUS cat so he needs
vet care to stay in good condition. If I'm the only one that can
handle him for vet care, (He'll shred Gary with only slightly more
hesitation than shredding the vet.) how can he be taken care of when
I'm gone? Fortunately, since I'm 25, the question is probably
moot, but.... It's a tough decision. I still haven't decided what
to do.
tlh
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| Good timing on this question!!!
We are doing wills right now. According to Tom (our lawyer ...
in NH) Tracey is correct it should NOT be put in the will because
of the delay until probate.
He is making reference in both of our wills to each of our "letter of
intent". A letter of intent is not a legally binding document
but, as he said, "hopefully you've chosen an executor/trix who you
trust to follow your wishes".
Tracey,
Regarding your 'vet shredder'. I have a friend with a difficult
pet who has left it in her letter of intent that it is at my
discretion. We've both seen difficult animals adapt under other
home environments. Your might want to leave it up to Gary if he
survives you, or a friend you trust who has good animal sense.
Regards,
Audrey
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| -< What to do >-
I don't know if any of you saw the program on "Cats and Dogs" on
WGBH that dealt with this, but if you've got scads of money you
can request that you cat goes to Southern California to spend the
remainder of his/her life in luxury. I don't recall the name of
the place, but it was expensive. Would love to do that with Brewster
and July because I would hate the thought of their lives having
to be shortened just because I passed away. If you can find
a friend who would love them as much as we do, that seems to be
the best bet.
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Hi Donna, we haven't met but I'll be working with you in the future..
Laurine Condon told me to contact you..but later for all that.....
My wife and I have (currently) six(6) dogs and two(2) cats. The
possibility of both of us being killed in an airplane crash, automobile
accident, terrorist attack or whatever else could happen has been
a real concern for us...."What's gonna happen to the 'kids'?????"
We have been donating as much money as we can to a home for animals
in the Katskills in New York. The name of the home is "Animals Farm
Home" and is run by a man named Justin McCarthy. Justin was a SIX
FIGURE SALARIED Executive on wall street who realized after years
in that environment that the "Animals" that were the ones he DIDN'T
want to associate with were the ones who were running around in
three piece suits and making mega-bucks..
Sooo....He sold everything, quit the "rat-race" (where only the
"rats" win!) and purchased a 160 acre farm in upstate New York.
Justin accepts any animal that has no place else to go...he has
a chicken that obeys his commands, a six hundred pound pig that
does likewise, over a dozen attack trained dogs that were considered
"untrainable--condemned"..that now play with each other, with kittens
and with puppies and are happy and friendly. He has been on "60
minutes", the evening news, has been mentioned in "for Kids sake"
on Saturday morning and has had articles written about his "farm"
in Newsweek, many large newspapers ans various local ones.
The reporters all say the same thing...this man's love and caring
for animals is immediately evident. He has an ability to train or
re-train an animal that is reported to be almost mystical...he can
train a totally un-trained dog to do basic obedience routines in
a fifteen minute timeframe.
He was in severe financial difficulty before he got the media
coverage..and with the Newsweek and 60 Minutes exposure, the donations
started to come in...in a two week period he got over $100,000.00,
which he used to pay feed bills and pay off his Mortgage on the
farm.....But he also got around 100 more dogs!!
When i last heard from him, he had over 300 dogs, about the equal
number of cats, 2 dozen horses and cows and various other small
animals and birds. His only LAW is very basic....If you give or
leave your animal at the Home, the animal has the right to live
there in peace and happiness until it dies...with all the love and
care that is possible!!
Although we have not been to see the farm physically, we did some
very thorough research through the various media and through the
Better Business Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce and the town of
Ellenville N.Y. (which is the town that the farm's in.) and all
were very positive...and this was after some of the residents of
Ellenville tried unsucessfully to have the farm banned---not really
nice people since the findings of the court and the close neighbors
was that the farm bothered NO ONE! But you'll find people like that
almost everywhere.
So after checking all this out, we decided to ask Justin (and the
Foundation which has been formed to continue after his death) if
there would be a way to make sure our "group" would be taken care
of in case of a disaster. Without hesitation the answer was an emphatic
"YES, You can be assured that they can come here to live" This has
since been confirmed by letter. To make sure that there would be
no problems, My wife and I have left $100,000.00 or half of our
estate to the "home"...(whichever is the larger sum). This way,
I think the idea of 'charity' is dismissed and the home will get
more badly needed funds...I just hope it never has to be acted upon..
but it sure makes us feel more at ease...
JMCD
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