"That is the saddest part. When the cruelty isn't done purposefully, but due to ignorance or lack of funds"

I agree with this entirely. Good people do not always take good care of their pets - and sometimes it is definitely not done with malice. It is often ignorance. The other part is not necessarilly 'lack of funds,' but failure to find ways to get the funds.

I am HARDLY anything close to a millionaire - and never will be. However, whenever one of the pets needs something, I get it for them. I find a way to do it. It is part of the responsibility. That was a lesson learned the hard way.

James