12-28-2010, 11:19 AM
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I lived your reality years ago when I had the farm. I even had one Llama dropped off and one Bison dropped off - different years each but WTF? Where do you get a fucking bison? Goddamn fucker was mean too. The ex made some calls and got rid of it pronto. Same for the llama. I wont' keep an animal that spits at me. Sorry.
Shelters are chock full because people think FARMING cats and dogs is a legitimate business. They call them puppy "mills" but they are also farms. The Amish are the prime perpetrators of this awful mess. Missouri just passed into law making it illegal to farm house pets.
Every year I give money to the ASPCA because of the work they do. I get weekly updates on the laws and everything. That's where I get all those alerts I post from.
People will never be responsible. You have ghetto (and I DO NOT want this taken as a racial remark, but this is inner city reality folks) black kids all toting female pit bulls - you KNOW they're breeding them left and right for fighting. The ASPCA is constantly rescuing these poor dogs from rings every day. City dog fights are the hardest to find I think. So many basements to hide in.
People have been dumping kittens by the road, drowning them etc for ages. They dont' think they should spend money on spaying and neutering and they think all cats are not trainable nor should be kept inside. A recipe for disaster all the way around.
VETS - vets are a big part of this problem. I understand they need to make money. I understand they have huge liability and malpractice insurance premiums but I don't understand charging $500 + for spaying or neutering. I personally feel the vets should give this for well under $100 and I would also say that euthanasia should be for cost of chemicals only as well. Veterinary visits are costing way too much and people are saying, "it's just a cat, dog, hamster" and I just wont' pay that price." Or in tough times, people make the choice of not taking care of their animals at all.
Then you got the mentality of "It's just an animal." That is the worst crime of all in my mind.
Barb, you need to post signs not to drop off animals and get a camera system with a DVR to record and get who is dropping off on film and then go beat them with a bat upside their head. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be the shelter or a private foster home that gets overwhelmed on occasion and feels you should help.
Shelters are chock full because people think FARMING cats and dogs is a legitimate business. They call them puppy "mills" but they are also farms. The Amish are the prime perpetrators of this awful mess. Missouri just passed into law making it illegal to farm house pets.
Every year I give money to the ASPCA because of the work they do. I get weekly updates on the laws and everything. That's where I get all those alerts I post from.
People will never be responsible. You have ghetto (and I DO NOT want this taken as a racial remark, but this is inner city reality folks) black kids all toting female pit bulls - you KNOW they're breeding them left and right for fighting. The ASPCA is constantly rescuing these poor dogs from rings every day. City dog fights are the hardest to find I think. So many basements to hide in.
People have been dumping kittens by the road, drowning them etc for ages. They dont' think they should spend money on spaying and neutering and they think all cats are not trainable nor should be kept inside. A recipe for disaster all the way around.
VETS - vets are a big part of this problem. I understand they need to make money. I understand they have huge liability and malpractice insurance premiums but I don't understand charging $500 + for spaying or neutering. I personally feel the vets should give this for well under $100 and I would also say that euthanasia should be for cost of chemicals only as well. Veterinary visits are costing way too much and people are saying, "it's just a cat, dog, hamster" and I just wont' pay that price." Or in tough times, people make the choice of not taking care of their animals at all.
Then you got the mentality of "It's just an animal." That is the worst crime of all in my mind.
Barb, you need to post signs not to drop off animals and get a camera system with a DVR to record and get who is dropping off on film and then go beat them with a bat upside their head. I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be the shelter or a private foster home that gets overwhelmed on occasion and feels you should help.
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