It makes me sad to be a part of a rescue community that would act hateful.  I can only speak for myself and my  main focus is to try to try to rescue injured, neglected, starving and loose dogs, just to name a few.

We have photos of "the homeless man" playing with his dogs, his dogs eating and all of them together.  We work at a nearby business and we all check on him daily.  He has plenty of dog food and either we walk the dogs, or he does at different tiems of the day.  The dogs are often allowed to paly in a nearby gated yard, and run free while "the homeless man" palys too. 

Unfortunately people are often caught up in the hype and dont allow themselves to look deeper.   "The homeless man" talks to those of us that he knows.  He is very leery of new people.  He has a great sense of humor and deep caring for his companions.  Just because the situation is not ideal does not make it impossible.  We think that instead of being mean and critical we have decided to assist him.  We know that if we lost eveything due to death, and if we lost our job due to poor health, we would want someone to try to help us function. 

If we look at each and every homeless man with a dog situation Im sure we could analyze some and be critical. 

This "homeless man" sweeps the city street and keeps it clean, often moving the trash that has been dumped during the night.  someone said "the homeless guy is nowhere to been seen" that is not always true.  He sees more than you think.  If he doesn't then...we do...we are the car reapir guys...we are the bus drivers...we are the tow guys...we are the Hostess people...we are the furniture business nearby...we are the people on the bicycles...we see you...we watch the dogs..we know his name...we know his name...we know his story...we know who helps him...  We have found great satisfaction by helping "the homeless man" get his laundry washed, his dogs new blankets, get his pants taken in, get his favorite fruit, get his dogs bones from the meat market, take him to his doctors appointments.  So instead of looking through a magnifying glass...look out of the bowl.  One dog likes to sleep on his back, one dog likes cars.

Its too bad that some people from somewhere else have focused on this Black man and his dogs, in a neighborhood they dont even know the neighbors. 

Im very sad about the hateful statements...but hey I can only account for myself and my behavior, and my friends and co-workers for theirs..we are trying to make a difference by helping him with his dogs not take his dogs away.