On Euthanasia to control shelter population unpopular
Posted on January 7 at 1:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Breeders, and their customers, cause animal overpopulation. No loving companion animal is "inferior" in the rescue world. Those who don't understand these basic points are the ones who perpetuate companion animals' suffering and misery, and they are why rescues have to exist in the first place -- to try to clean up the breeders' messes. To thinking, responsible people everywhere: please adopt, don't shop; don't make things worse.
On Euthanasia to control shelter population unpopular
Posted on January 6 at 10:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Evillehousewife, do we have to go through the "rdr" instead of "dr" thing again? I would have thought you would have remembered how I explained this to you the last time you raised it in the thread where you pretended to be a lawyer. Actually, I volunteer with several rescues, so I am confident I know far more about rescue than you do. Also, you are contradicting yourself. First you said rescues won't adopt to anyone because they're too strict; now you say they'll adopt to anyone. Further, yes, I do give away a lot of my services for free. In my profession, we are ethically required to help the less fortunate. As for ethics, I don't think we share the same definition of that term. Finally, your last comment, that it is "ignorant" not to try to financially benefit from contributing to animal overpopulation, demonstrates what is important in your view: money, not animals' well being; cash, not compassion. These attitudes are part of the problem, not the solution.
On Euthanasia to control shelter population unpopular
Posted on January 5 at 10:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
And those who are really supposedly in it for the betterment of the "breed" -- assuming for the sake of argument that this show dog stuff isn't really just as bad as the crap they do to circus animals -- then don't do it for money. Breeding dogs and cats for money is just plain unethical with the pet overpopulation problem we have. And it costs society money for all that has to be paid to house and then euthanize breeders' "excess" stock and the stock they sell to irresponsible owners, as most breeders will sell to anyone with the cash, no questions asked.
On Euthanasia to control shelter population unpopular
Posted on January 5 at 10:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
No one who truly cares about animals would criticize rescues and shelters for doing their due diligence to make sure that the animals they place are put in safe, suitable homes. There are really only four reasons people get rejected for adoption through rescues or shelters: 1) The adopters aren't really committed to caring for the animal and likely would try to put it back in a pound or shelter at the drop of a hat; 2) the adopters don't have a demonstrable ability to provide for the animal's basic needs and keep it secure; 3) the adopters can't legally have the animal in their current living situation; 4) one or more of the adopters is a dangerous felon; or 5) one or more of the adopters has unaltered animals on site and is therefore contributing to animal overpopulation. If someone can't pass these criteria, they shouldn't have an animal; and if people who didn't meet those criteria didn't have animals, we wouldn't have an animal overpopulation problem. Anyone who complains about these standards is likely someone who fails them and has sour grapes from being rejected.
On Walker lights Christmas tree among protesters
Posted on December 2 at 4:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Of course, he wants to ruin Christmas. The Grinch is his hero. Except for the part where the Grinch's heart actually grows at the end.
On Walker lights Christmas tree among protesters
Posted on December 2 at 4:15 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Do what he was going to do -- oh, you mean the part where Wisconsin led the nation in lost jobs last month. That probably is just what he told the Koch brothers he would do.
On Lawmakers vote to suspend gun training rule
Posted on November 7 at 1:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Who says it's mutually exclusive to be either a concealed carry advocate or a criminal? http://www.vpc.org/ccwkillers.htm The bigger concern is that we are dealing with the same crowd of pea-brains that like to go shoot each other instead of deer in the woods every year, yet now they may be standing next to you at any counter in any local estabilshment. At least criminals have motives that lead them to act in predictable ways. Gun nuts just want to show off and they don't care who they put in harm's way to do it.
On Businesses’ liability at issue when considering whether to allow guns on premises
Posted on November 4 at 4:43 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I agree, avidreader. Nor did they give parents a choice before they made this the OK corral so that everywhere you go, you now have to worry that some trigger-happy yahoo wanna-be-hero is going to kill or injure your children in the crossfire because someone else took his cash out of his pockets too slowly and they mistook his hand for a weapon. I will be looking for businesses that have a saner policy.
On New position created to root out Medicaid fraud
Posted on October 7 at 5:48 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
BTW Helge, contrary to your post, I work for my child, not to accumulate crap for myself. I hope to make sure everything I ever do is for my child's benefit (and I certainly won't be giving everything away to get involved with any government programs). I also would never want to be a burden to my child, and I don't want to leave my child and any grandchildren I may ever have saddled with debt from taking care of me while I try to live forever, and higher on the hog than they ever will. Funny how many people in your generation don't feel that way.
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On Survey: Wis. gov recall will cost $9 million
Posted on January 7 at 10:11 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
scooter lost all crediblity to complain about the cost of recalls when he sued to have the state pick up the tab for verifying signatures; a decision that will no doubt be overturned on appeal once away from the right wing activist judges in Waukesha County.
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Maine, we've all seen your list of teacher's salaries from the wealthiest districts in the state. You don't need to put it up on every story. Also, since the people in these districts tend to have a lot of education and advanced degrees, it stands to reason that they value education and are willing to pay higher taxes to have good schools in their communities.
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If you don't like your property taxes, feel free to move to rural Wisconsin where they will be less. Or leave the state altogether.