I have a story! Colin, the dog, is 12 and on his last legs, has been living in a broken and abusive home all of his life. Until one day, Colin's owners recieve a call and get told their house is in that much of a mess that Colin will be taken away and rehomed in a dogs shelter. It is inevitable that Colin isn't going to survive long, he has been that mistreated and messed up over the years, he cannot be given a good life.
One day, a very nervous looking character is walking around the shelter, when he is approached by Tiffany and pointed on the direction of Colin. Tiffany proceeds to explain the difficulty Colin has had and adds the fact that not much can be done to save and prolong his life, but he is still a lovely dog, good with kids and families!
Colin goes home with his new owner, but sadly dies two weeks later.
I suspect Colins new owners will sue the animal charity for inappropriate use of doggie legacy charitable funds, questioning the legitimacy of spending all that resource on a dog that they new would imminently die, despite all the love and attention they had tried to shower on him previously.
The new owners of Colin soon realised that the animal was not long for this earth and so stopped feeding him, with the spiral to the inevitable conclusion an obvious consequence- Poor Colin... however fear not waggie tail fans, for Colins legacy was to open up avenues for his new owners to exploit the weakness's of the doggie charities position, challenging the previous benefactors to the point of the abyss. Their aim? Freeing all other doggies captured by the evil council owned regime.. The risk?... sending all those doggies to a similar fate as Colin with the once happy kennels just an empty resemblance of what they used to be- no longer resounding to the woofs of delight or the barks of anguish as their favourite squeaky ball bounces from one kennel to the other?