Kill Shelters...Where they go from there (Upsetting)
I try very hard to post threads that heal, encourage or inspire. But today I was shaken to the core by the front page headline (and accompanying photo) of a major Boston newspaper. Perhaps Karen saw it in the Boston Herald. I was getting ready to leave the market and was glancing down at the newspapers displayed while my food was being bagged. There, in full color, above the fold, was a HUGE photo of a landfill trash heap. What was being shoveled unto that heap were the dead bodies of hundreds of dogs and cats who had been euthanized by the city shelters. They were, after days, weeks, months of suffering, neglect, lonliness euthanized and in no uncertain terms, thrown into the garbage. I had always believed that at least in death, these innocent, helpless, beautiful souls were given a dignified end to their suffering by being cremated, or perhpas (very sadly) buried in large, private graves. This disgusted me like nothing has in recent memory. I couldn't look any more and couldn't bear to read the article because I was so sickenend and upset. When I get the courage, I hope to access their online site to read the details. More than ever, I will fight with every fiber of my being to stop the horror of the kill shelter. How sad that these beautiful innocents must suffer this final, disgraceful, unforgivable indignity. I plan to email/write/call ALL of my local shelters (including the MSPCA who receives yearly donations from our family) and others that euthanize and ask them bluntly, exactly how and WHERE these beautiful creatures are laid to rest! I hope you will too. I am including a link to the article. I still cannot read it. Forgive me if I have upset anyone. I do not mean to shock. Rather, I hope that by an outpouring of outrage by us devoted animal lovers, perhaps we cannot at LEAST stop this horrifying practice. I think it is not even necessary to read the article to act. Just knowing is enough for me. If it is happening in Boston, it is probably happening in a town near you.:(
http://www2.bostonherald.com/news/lo...ca07242002.htm
Responsibility and Respect
The two Rs. We need lots more of it and fast. I think we as parents, teachers, owners, humans etc. need to spread the word much more quickly than we are doing. I just don't understand how so many people can be "asleep at the wheel" on/with/for/having do to with so many life and death situations for both humans and animals. I suppose it will take something horrible for many folks to wake up. Just the simple concept of spaying and neutering escapes many, many people. Go figure. They (the Vets and our government) should make spaying and neutering free - and underwrite the expense. Gee, wouldn't that make sense? There would be far fewer animals around without homes. Am I forgetting anything besides the "human factor"? I suppose some people would still continue to let their pets breed and would continue to trade them in for new ones when convenient for them. Enough, Sas! I shall give this topic a rest. :mad:
