Today is one of those days in a rescue that you know are inevitable, but you don't want to think about.  We were contacted about a little senior beagle in a shelter.  She had huge tumors, almost as large as she is, and was probably going to be put down when her hold time was up.  She and another beagle were found on the side of the road.  We named her April and Myra took her home.  We contacted Andersons Corner Animal Hospital, and they agreed to operate on her.  They also offered to board her until the surgery.  I took her up there and the surgeon examined her.  During the exam of her many and very large tumors, he noticed her cough.  She was taken in the back for Xrays, there was an area Doc Rob was concerned about so he sent her Xrays to a radiologist.  Today Doc Rob called with sad news.  Little April has nodules on her lungs in addition to the huge tumors she has literally been dragging around.  If she had surgery and survived the surgery, she would have little quality of life. So the hard decision was made to let her go.  BUT she was surrounded by kind, caring and compassionate people that will feel the sting of her passing.  I have to wonder why whoever had her did not turn her in before her tumors grew so big.  To be dumped on the side of the road like a bag of garbage because she has health issues is something I can't understand.  I do understand that sometimes people can't help their animals with health issues because of financial reasons, but taking them to be humanely euthanized is a far better option that April's fate. I am always surprised at how emotional I get when an animal I have barely known has to be let go.