High fines for
people abandoning pets are an excellent idea.
The fact is that when the financial chips are down
some people abandon their pets but not their beer, junk food, manicures, and other such necessities.
Learn why Karen McCumsey of Streator, IL believes many
people abandon their pets in the rural area she lives in and what Karen is doing about it.
And although it opens with, «Activists say far too many
people abandon their pets around the holidays», the shelter director quoted actually says, «Pets can also be a financial burden,» said Elena Bicker, Executive Director of ARF, Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation.
The reasons why
people abandon their pets to a shelter are myriad and often complex.
Behavior problems can get serious enough that
people abandon their pets at shelters.
I can not even tell you how many times
people abandoned their pets by placing them in my car, burned me for big vet bills and insulted and cursed at me..
Not exact matches
In Minority Party, Scripps Howard newspaperman
Peter Brown cites the Sumas to support his argument that the Democrats simply
abandoned the middle class, the values as well as the
people.
In particular Vanier brings out the profound sadness of Jesus as, through fear and a closed mentality,
people build up their own walls that destroy trust in him or put up their own barriers to shut out love: in his description of the washing of the feet, Vanier looks at
Peter who does not understand weakness until he is filled with the Holy Spirit, Judas who can not tolerate love and kindness, and John who eventually
abandons himself to Jesus and knows he is loved by him.
Although reading some of these comments about
people abandoning or wishing death on
pets is ridiculous.
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $ 5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the
person or
persons responsible for
abandoning 24 cats in four small
pet carriers, leaving them to starve and suffocate to death in sweltering summer temperatures in Oklahoma City.
Animals come to live in plural households by (1) acquisition — e.g., a family adopts a
pet, a member of the household inherits Aunt Celia's African Gray, house partners take in the cat the neighbors
abandoned, and so on; or (2) blending —
people move in together bringing their respective companion animals to the mix.
As paw - rents, it may be difficult to imagine how some
people can heartlessly
abandon their
pets without good reason.
People frequently acquire
pets on impulse, but afterward, «buyer's remorse» sets in, and the
pet is relinquished or
abandoned.
Some
people cry when they leave (i.e., «
abandon to their fate») their bewildered
pet at the shelter, but do it nonetheless.
Our Goal MEOW's goal is to help create a «no - kill nation,» where
people are responsible for their
pets, where there are no helpless creatures
abandoned in boxes or left to fend for themselves in parking lots, where there is no longer a need for any healthy companion animal to be euthanized.
About 15 million of the national human population of 23 million
people live in the intensely urbanized Taipei area, at the extreme north of the island nation, where most of the dogs and cats are
pets, or are descended from lost or
abandoned pets, in an environment affording some suitable habitat for feral cats, but little or none for street dogs.
It hurts Nancy to see so many cats and kittens
abandoned, and she wishes more
people would accept the responsibility to have their
pets neutered.
Called the HAPPY (Humanity and
Pets Partnered Through the Years) Act, the bill is designed to make it more affordable for
people to provide the care their
pets need, and less likely that
pet owners pinched by the recession will
abandon their
pets.
Although she hasn't done any statistical analysis, Thorp attributes the increase to the county's growth, which means more
people and more
pets that are
abandoned or allowed to roam.
According to Science editor David Grimm, the fact that many
people died in the floods because they wouldn't leave their animals behind — as well as the sight of hundreds of
abandoned cats and dogs after the flood waters receded — prompted major changes to state and federal laws regarding the evacuation of
pets during disasters.
Officials also are worried that the cat colonies encourage
people to
abandon their unwanted
pets in the borough.
We hope to help shatter the many negative stereotypes about
abandoned animals, encourage and help
people to choose to adopt instead of purchasing a
pet, to educate
people about the importance of spaying and neutering their
pets, and to encourage
people to become involved with organizations that promote animal welfare.
Otherwise, the bylaw could spur more
people to
abandon pets.
Feral cats are the offspring of lost or
abandoned pet cats or other feral cats; they don't typically want to interact with
people.
Back - to - back hurricanes packed the nonprofit shelter in Boca Raton to capacity, as
people unable or unwilling to provide for their
pets during the storms
abandoned them there.
They may be
pets whose owners let them outside, or they could be community cats, a group that includes ferals (who are afraid of
people) and strays (who've been lost or
abandoned).
Pasco County Animal Services strives to save the lives of
abandoned animals in our care, protect animals from cruelty, reunite lost
pets with their owners, and protect
people and
pets in our community.
You'll be joining hundreds of other
people dedicated to finding homes for
abandoned pets, rescuing abused and neglected animals, and preventing animal abuse and overpopulation through education.
Each year, thousands of
pet rabbits are
abandoned at shelters and rescues because
people purchased or adopted them impulsively without first taking the time to learn about the responsibilities of rabbit ownership and realized after the fact that their rabbits required more time and energy than they were willing or able to provide.
There were many feral and
abandoned cats there, the result of
people «freeing» their unwanted
pets or simply not spaying or neutering them.
From rescue and nurture to adoption, ANBAR, together with compassionate
people like you, is enhancing the quality of life for
abandoned and homeless
pets and giving them a chance to find their forever home.
The neutering service we offer for
pet cats and dogs is helping to reduce the numbers of unwanted
pet kittens and puppies being born, but unfortunately, it does not take many irresponsible
people to continually create new feral cat colonies on the streets by
abandoning their unneutered
pet cats.
Our mission is to serve the
people and animals of Central Ohio by providing safe, temporary shelter and care for
abandoned or otherwise homeless cats and dogs, and to reduce
pet overpopulation by means of spay and neuter, education, and community outreach.
Miami - Dade County Animal Services» mission is to save the lives of
abandoned animals in their care, protect animals from cruelty, reunite lost
pets with their owners, protect
people and
pets in their community from health related issues and ensure the public's safety.
Far more effective than asking someone to cough up $ 75, and less likely to encourage
people to buy another
pet they might
abandon.
Other
people who
abandon pets are misguided and unthinking.
Donated funds go directly towards their programs that include working with the community to sterilize stray and feral cats through TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return), rescue, foster, sterilization and adoption for kittens and
abandoned domestic cats, assisting low income families with emergency and wellness veterinary care and subsidize adoption fees for senior cats to senior citizens along with other support programs to help
people keep their
pets.
The animal shelters are overfull of
abandoned and surrendered
pets that
people bought or gave as gifts.
Conservationists say that, far from diminishing the population of unowned cats, trap and release programs may be making it worse, by encouraging
people to
abandon their
pets to outdoor colonies that volunteers often keep lovingly fed.
«
People, not infrequently,
abandon cats much more than dogs,» said
Peter J. Wolf, founder of Vox Felina, a blog on science and policy issues related to cat - population management.
We have a no - kill mission to save the lives of homeless cats and dogs
abandoned and / or placed in kill shelters, while also providing life - saving programs and services to keep
pets and their
people together.
This also seems to be an area where
people sadly
abandon pets.
He had been
abandoned in a place where
people routinely dump their unwanted
pets, but fortunately he was picked up and taken to a local shelter.
Our mission is to educate the
people of our community about
pet overpopulation and regular veterinary care for
pets; cultivate an awareness and responsibility toward the needs of companion animals; provide for the well - being of our community's animals that are
abandoned or otherwise in need; and instill respect for and appreciation of all living things.»
The group's mission is to protect homeless,
abandoned and mistreated Great Danes and other dog breeds within our volunteer care organization; to work with area animal shelters and humane societies in rescue efforts to help place adoptable animals into safe, loving, forever homes; and to educate
people about spay / neuter and the need for sterilization of all
pets, proper health care of a
pet, nutritional requirements, socialization and training.
I don \» t believe you...
People that
abandon their
pets don \» t wait in line to do it.
You can say that a cat is wild etc in a shelter but I'll bet all of those cats where
abandoned and that was the cause of the problem
people abandoning un spayed
pets.
However, efforts should be made to place feeding stations in out - of - the - way locations to minimize the likelihood of desperate
people illegally
abandoning their
pet cats.
An estimated 44 percent of
people who stayed behind when Hurricane Katrina hit noted that they decided not to
abandon their
pets.