Prayer Request for Oreo the Cat

From comment section:

I pray for my neighbor's cat, Oreo. They moved one street over, and took him with them, but they let him out and he stays at our house now. Even though I pay attention to him, he's sad and lonely. I worry that as the weather changes he's going to suffer. Please intercede with this troubled family, help them to take more care for their pets, Oreo especially. I also pray for my other neighbor who has a dog that lives outside with no shelter. I pray for all animals who are abused, neglected, homeless and helpless. In Jesus name, Amen.

Prayer Request for Blake the Dog

From comment section:

I have my dog who is in deep suffering right now. He has been a very good friend to me. I ask you for prayer that he will recover back to his active and happy state. Thank you. :) His name is Blake.

Urgent Prayer Request for Dogs Suffering in Egypt

From Holli:

Hi
I have found you by google. I wanted to know how I can pray for some dogs I hear. I pray to God daily but I guess I just wanted to see if others can help me too. I am currently in Cairo Egypt with my husband who is having to work overseas right now until April 29th. We have been here since August and some things I have witnessed will bring tears to anyone's eyes that care about living things. We are living in a up and coming neighborhood in the outskirts of Cairo near the university he teaches at and some of the villas are empty and not even developed. Many Egyptians attitudes toward dogs are different than ours in that they are not concerned in general about their well being at all and the religion plays a part in their treatment. Many Muslims believe Angels will not come near dogs, dogs are filthy and cannot share human space...etc so they use them for security purposes. Someone who owns an empty villa near our has two dogs chained up inside. Keep in mind there is no electricity running inside that building and I have not seen anyone go in or out. I can hear them crying all night and day. I cannot get inside that building as it is chained around the iron doors and gates. Since the building is empty the sound resonates outside loud and it is heart breaking for me. I have my dog Coco with me and it bothers him too. The 2 dogs sound as if they are in misery and I can do nothing for them. We have spoken to other neighbors and they do not know who owns it but they said that this is very common in Egypt. Many people put them on roof tops or in empty property to guard it. Their idea of guarding is simply tying a dog up..any dog in a place. Most Egyptians are afraid of dogs so it works. I have also heard from other Americans that have lived here for some time that the way they do train some security dogs is horrifying. We have seen deplorable conditions in pet stores and I am becoming more and more sick of what I see. How can any society treat living beings in such a way? How can a religion call for the treatment or neglect from an innocent animal. I know there will be Muslims that will defend the religion by saying they do respect animals but from what I have seen and heard with my own ears from Muslims themselves is that dogs in general are unclean and unfit to be pets and they are deeply mistreated here. I am pleading to you to please post a prayer request from the information I have sent you for these 2 dogs I hear day and night. I know these dogs are suffering and I can do nothing to help them. We have no idea how to contact the owners and I have waited by my window for 5 days now with no sight of any living thing entering this building to feed them. Their cries are becoming louder and louder. I am hoping that with people's help that God will help these animals. I also would like to pray for all the other tied up and forgotten about dogs all around this country suffering. They have dog fights here and they are not illegal so I am told! Please put in a prayer for these poor innocent animals. I can hardly wait to leave this month.

Thank you

Urgent Prayer Request for Luffy the Dog...and Owner Shannon

From Jan:

I have just now gotten an email from my daughter, Shannon, she has been reading your blog.

I sent her your email address so she could send you a prayer request for her dog, Luffy but I have been thinking about and praying for Luffy for sometime now and would like to copy/paste Shannon's email to you as a prayer request from me for Luffy and Shannon.

Here is her email, Esther: some nights now at the end of his day hopping about he cant get up due to his front leg being so misshapen i just pet him and say "its okay Luffy." I know its only weeks before the inevitable happens. (you know the shot) i didn't realize till the first night he couldn't move that his mind will be strong and fine like if i could take it out and put it in a new body he would be fine. very sad and makes me cry. i just feed him and love him and am glad it wasn't today.

Thank you so very much

Dog Mourns at Casket of Fallen Soldier

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Please say a prayer for the repose of the soul of Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson and of course for his grieving dog Hawkeye.

Q & A: Why Do Animals Have to Suffer?

Q - Can you explain the Catholic view or doctrinal explanation for why animals suffer? I struggle to form a coherent explanation which explains the seemingly violent and apparently innocent suffering of so call “dumb” and not so dumb animals.

A - Thanks for the question. If you have ever seen an animal in physical pain, it can be quite distressing. Less than a year ago, my dog was attacked by another dog and mortally wounded. For more than 24 hours she suffered physical pain until the Veterinarian advised us to have her put down, because she would not be able to recover. It was a horrible experience for us all.

Read the rest of Aggie Catholic's answer here