Please, I am alive. Do not dump me on the streets. I hear this cry with each dog, cat and so-called family pet I see abandoned, abandoned with the off chance "promise" that someone will take them in. Gutless folks dump puppies and kittens. Gutless folks throw the food on the porch and go back to the tv. When pregnant, the animal is disposed of. After all, it is just a dog or cat, who cares. I care. Some take in pets as objects and forget these are living, feeling creatures. Animals are not toys. To the gutless, ego fed person who is bigger, stronger...well, enough said. I will get too mad at it all. Whether you believe in God or not...it is worthy to note that the covenant made to man in Genesis was made also to the creatures. Apparently that supreme being holds the creation in high esteem. Believe in a living God or not, the creation is to be respected and the creatures in it. Too many arrogant humans do not know that. Oh my, here I go again... TomDart.

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Even if Man was given Dominion over all the Creatures, we've not been doing a very good job of it.

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disposable pets...it really is a sad reflection of what people value...

I live in a Street of Domestic Cats....17 Years back....it was a Paradise for Birds....now...the Birds have fallen Prey to the Natural instincts of Cats....no Live and let Live here :]

I SO MUCH agree with u Tom!! Totally!! This makes me mad too! Makes me want to hurt people I see treating an animal badly!! A great entry and a subject very close to my heart!!

Oh, i couldnt agree more!!! Im the kind of person that prefers animals over most people....that would perhaps explain why we spent almost 15000 USD on operating our former dog (Zacko) after he had been hit by a car. That was only the vet-cost....add to that the loss of pay for staying home with him for 10 months...but in the end we still had to put him down...sigh... One thing i really dislike is people GIVING away cats for free only proving they arent worth one little thing. And then there are those that simply accepts them without paying for them which only proves that they arent willing to take the responsibility it requires....ooops...this is turning out to become quite a long reply...but this is something that is very close to my heart as well....shall stop typing soon...about now actually! Perfect entry!!!

dumping pets... arrrrrrrrgh grrrrrrr

All of my animals were strays or pound babies..... another sore subject for me too. Good entry Tom.

Kiss from Oedipe....my Cat:-)for sure some have'nt find the right answer of the "Oracle"

hmmm..... Zacko, sorry to hear about your dog. I can't agree about people accepting animals for free 'not caring' though.... Our cat Salem was 'accepted for free' and couldn't be loved more. She's purely a house cat - hates going outdoors - and has this pitiful croaky squeak for a meow. (She CAN meow. She did it loud enough the one time she sneaked outside and it was raining.... we heard her THAT time!!! lol) Apart from the great way she claimed a cushion on the back of the chair in the bedroom and takes the long way up to it EVERY TIME which involves deliberately jumping across the bed in a V-pattern instead of jumping straight up. Great at 3am, yeah.....lol (",)

Im sure most people that accepts pets for free care for them dearly, but here in Sweden (and probably everywhere else too) there is this phenomena called "summer-cats"....people get cats (for free) keep them over summer and then dump them before winter....and we sure get cold winters here. This morning we had -27 C, and that is in the middle of Mars!!! Didnt mean to step on some toes, only stating an example #:o)

Tom, that picture made me cry. every cat and dog we ever had, we adopted thru the Humane Society or from a vet. my bird was very ill. i chose her BECAUSE she was so sick. i knew she would get the best care from me, and she did. seems like everyone in here is very much committed to the well-being of animals. i'm glad. gut-wrenching entry, Tom. purrrrr-fect for an ad for humane treatment!!!!

The summer cats disturbs me...I suppose much has to do with culture. Afterall, I don't eat monkeys or dogs and some love the stuff.

As for birds getting eaten..things like that or chickens killed by a pack of dogs...responsibility is that of the owners. Around here, we have "control and leash laws" meaning an animal is under control on the owners property or if off the property is under direct control of the owner.

Dogs, cats and guinea hens roaming free are not under control and the owners face minimal but at least some penalty when the animal "messes up" by our standards. Now for feral animals, wild dogs, etc...the law cannot address the owner and the animal suffers in very much shortened life span, getting taken out by other animals, vehicles, disease or humans. And cat do eat birds.

Our cats very rarely but once in a while catch some critter, as is their nature to do. Still, this is on my property with no free roaming the neighborhood.

The feral population is frankly the creation by people who do not sterilize or prevent "wild in the city mating"...letting the critter run free and at risk of dangers and risk of breeding over and over again.

Most of it still is the social issue, not the pets...rather the folks who want to have pets and not handle that with responsibility. IMHO. : ) Sorry, I have stopped preaching. Just that every cat we have was once in someone else's hands and they didn't handle it well in most cases. The entry showing the animal in a shelter cage(look for that one, not mine) is one example.

So much for this..going on out of here for now. Tom. Thanks. sweet Sheila. Our messages must have crossed in time.

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