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Your Pet Ownership is at Stake!

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By Sarah Kafel, published Jun 23, 2007
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I am writing this in hopes to bring awareness to the public of what is going on. Many people have heard of PETA and HUSA. Animal rights activists. Many people think that they only want to help animals in bad situations. But the truth is shocking and sad for all of us pet owners. Whether we own a dog, a cat, a bird, or a fish. These groups are trying desperately to get rid of pet ownership completely. And they are succeeding! The sad part is people, like myself, hear that they want to do this and just laugh at the idea thinking they could never possible get away with it. But having done more research I discovered how wrong I really was. They are doing it right now.

They have passed a law in many states FORCING dog owners to spay or neuter their dogs at 4 months old. NO breeding of dogs is allowed except for licensed breeders, purebred show animals, police dogs, service dogs, or pets that a licensed veterinarian says shouldn't undergo the procedure. Anyone else caught with a dog that is not neutered gets fined and forced to neuter the dog. This sounds good... almost. Except for taking away a few of our rights and creating more devastating puppy mills! On top of that, veterinarians state that spaying/neutering at that early stage in development is bad for the animal. Veterinarians state: Growth-related problems, urinary incontinence, and behavioral problems have all been reported in higher numbers in animals neutered at such an early age. On top of other problems like cancer. This is still happening. They are working on Texas now and a few other states. They are trying to get it to pass in the whole USA. Where are our rights?

Your Pet Ownership is at Stake!

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shelter. Otherwise, breeders have nothing to do with the amount of dogs in shelters. It is the idiots who buy the dog or puppy and then decide they don't want it after all and THEY dump it at the shelter. Irresponsable pet BUYERS overpopulate, not the people breeding, unless again, of course, the breeder dumps their own puppies. Not too likely. Which in the end means the shelters need to regulate who can bring in dogs and puppies. People just need to think carefully before buying a dog. And not jsut buy on impulse or some dream taht their dog will be perfect. I personally have a dog that chews EVERYTHING to shreds. You take one thing from her, and she immediatly grabs something else to chew on. A problem for us as she has chewed a huge hole in our kitchen floor linolium. However we took on the responsability of keeping her in our home when we got her.

Posted on 07/12/2007 at 2:07:00 PM

 
Lori- Spaying and neutering is fine. I have no problems with the idea more people should do it. It is the laws that are being pushed that are all wrong. If anything they can come up with other ideas. I can think of an easy one for cats. Any cat allowed outdoors shoudl be spayed or neautered. HOwever the law should not apply to cats kept indoors only. Permit or no permit for breeding. Purebred or not. A responsable breeder keeps their cats indoors anyways so it is not just breeding with any available neighborhood stray. I also do not believe a dog should have to be purebred in order to legally breed it. Many times mixing breeds can better a breed. Some breeds are prone to physical problems. And by breeding them with another breed it halps keep the puppies from getting these problems. I think the shelter needs a law preventing people from sending their puppies there. The only way that breeding can effect shelters population is if people are breeding and then dumping their puppies at the

Posted on 07/12/2007 at 2:07:00 PM

 
Welcome to AC! I am in animal rescue, but AM not a member of PETA. I am firm in the belief of spaying and neutering. There are too many animals in rescue and not enough space for more.

Posted on 06/25/2007 at 6:06:00 PM

 
Well done!! As for the critics saying it's "misinformation" - even with sources and facts they refuse to see. I'd recently done one that got the same comments even with sources and links in the article. PeTA has no qualms about killing animals - 1900 dogs and cats last year. There's also in those "unwanted pets" many animals brought in from other countries - the actual numbers have dropped but when animals are imported it doesn't look like it.

Posted on 06/25/2007 at 1:06:00 PM

 
Good article. Welcome to AC.

Posted on 06/25/2007 at 6:06:00 AM

 
Wow . . . you did an excellent job choosing a topic that would get plenty of response!

Posted on 06/24/2007 at 4:06:00 PM

 
Kudos to Sarah! We either get the word out now, or cry after it's too late. Kathy Houston TX |/ (ðÇ (/)) //"© Got birds? * * Protect your RIGHT to keep them! * * Become involved in the Avicultural Community: http://www.afabirds.org http://www.asabirds.org http://www.proaviculture.com

Posted on 06/24/2007 at 12:06:00 AM

 
PETA is totally against any kind of pet ownership. If they had their way, they would kill all animals, including those used for food sources. In fact, one of their new ads reads, "It's Mad to Eat Meat". Thet would love to force everyone into becoming a vegetarian. I don't see how killing an animal is treating it an an "ethical" way at all. You have to really read up on this organization to see the true light.

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 11:06:00 PM

 
Right on Sarah. Forcing "ethics" by litigious methods on pet owners is nothing more than dictating beliefs--Orwellian governance. Animal Farm was profetic, wasn't it? Humans apparently don't matter, even the good ones among us own and dearly love our pets. My wife and I have an African grey parrot, like you (which is what caught my eye, and I'm so glad it did). It's a young bird, and you're probably the only person who will read this that can understand our excitement when its first words were "I love you." We'd worked for weeks to drone that into the bird, and when it came out you would have thought our youngest child had graduated from college with honors. They're small birds, as you know, and the cage we have is huge. Despite that fact it gets out at least twice a day for "play time," gets a warm breakfast and always is out and getting "pruned" by one member of the family or another when we watch TV. Yes, our four dogs are out of the house when that happens to protect th

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 4:06:00 PM

 
Codie, Thank you for your input on this. Yes, please do check out PETA and check out the trailer for thier video they have made. It is supposed to be coming out this year I believe. The link is at the end of the article. THey made a music video and a movie. In the trailer you can hear them say " Sometimes we have to kill them to save them". AS they show I believe it was a cat they were dragging out of a house. This was from KAtrina. They were pulling dogs and cats from houses, killing them, and dumping them in dumpsters. People were asking why. The killing them to save them was their response. YOu can bring up pictures online of them dumping the bodies. They are not pretty. Yes, somthing needs to be done for our shelters. P{erhaps even regualtions on who can bring a pet to the shelter. Some sort of criteria. I like the idea of what they ahve in whatever state Lady Aibell lives in has. People really just need to be more responsable over all.

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 3:06:00 PM

 
This cuts ya off without any warning, doesn't it? As I was saying: 17 years. I am absolutely convinced that pet ownership, pet care and pet breeding needs some form of regulation (e.g., dog lisences). I am equally convinced that furry people LOVE living with 2-footed people who are kind, caring, loving and who feed them whole, real foods that are free of chemical substitution ingredients. I know my current kitty JB wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 2:06:00 PM

 
There is truth on both sides of the opinion -- I'll have to investigate PETA, I can't imagine anyone being senseless enough to actully say it is better for little animals to be let to die a horrible death after having been used to animal-level luxury than to rescue them -- I have a neighbor who lets their female kitty have three and four pregnancies a year (we've been neighbors 4 years). The poor kitty looks horrible: fur all falling out, vacant and listless look in her eyes, skinny as a sack of bones. This is inexcusable. I offered to pay for spaying but was refused. I shall try again however, once THIS CURRENT litter is out of the house. On the other hand, I have known some wonderful breeders of various animals (no Extremes!), and my daughter grew up with hamsters from one breeder and my son with guinea pigs and mice (cute!) from another. Overseas, we used a breeder for a specialty breed of cat and brought her home with us after our stint abroad. She lived HAPPILY with us for 17 year

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 2:06:00 PM

 
Just to clarify, I do think that most pets need to be spayed and/or neutered. However, what Ardeth says is very poetic about for every pet bred and put on the market a shelter animal will die. But, it's not really true. People who purchase animals bred are looking for a specific breed of dog or cat and will probably never be seen picking up a pet at a shelter. That's just a fact. I would prefer to have a nice mixed breed shelter animal, but there are some people who only want that purebred. And that is their choice.

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 1:06:00 PM

 
It is really sad. I have 2 cats now and I treat them just as I do my two toddlers. I do think it is important to regulate the spaying/neutering of animals though because there are so many shelters that are filled with poor animals that are put down everyday. just because somebody did not want to spay or neuter their pet. The kitten we have now was found by my husband out in the middle of a quarry while he was patroling it. It was about 4 months old. Thanks for bringing this sensitive topic to light. :)

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 1:06:00 PM

 
Lady Aibell, I would like to know what state you live in. This is a more agreeable law!!! I like that!

Posted on 06/23/2007 at 12:06:00 PM

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