Tiffany, taking on abused animals in light of the obvious risk is a very noble and compelling thing to do. Your maturity is beyond your youthful years and it is amazing at times.

When I first read the post I was a bit surprised by your tone and that you chose to put the animal down yourself. After one of the people explained a little of the history behind this situation, I feel differently now.

Whether or not the animal had IBD is somewhat irrelevant if you, in good conscious believed the animal was suffering. Sometime, we as adults and as human beings have to make difficult decisions that are unpopular.

Kudos for your graceful handling of the comments and making a choice that you can live with.