My OperaAbandoned Pets Die in the Country
Friday, March 13, 2009 3:57:02 AM
Today I began a Facebook group, to gather like-minded rural people who want to make the point that it is not right for strangers to drop their animals in the country.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56448797905
Sadly the stray dogs that were guests at Alderburn Farm for a night, and who are now incarcerated at the local animal shelter, will not be staying here. There are too many unknowns about the animals' histories and real behaviour. The budget for one dog will not easily expand to accomodate two medium-sized dog and one large and hungry fella.
A point of view that I heard today is "Having an animal is for life. Raise them, keep them, bury them." Well that is the bottom line with pets. They do not choose their masters and are subject to the masters' whims and the winds of fate. They give what they have and expect little and become fully dependant upon their home circumstances. They cannot be expected to simply jump from a car, run into the forest, and kills something to eat. They don't know how. And so the delinquent master who decides to make his or her formerly-loved pet into a problem puts distance between the pet and the home and drops "the problem" onto someone elses' yard. So the comment about having animals becomes "Raise them, keep them, discard them, let them be killed."
The pet owner may believe that the country house or the farm will naturally have the resources to take care of another animal. In some cases this may be true, but more than likely the abandoned pet will roam in wilderness and become harmed by accident or will become prey to the wild beasts. Should the animal find its way to a building or a barn, there may be welcoming voices and a place to stay, or they may find terror and pain or simply misery in their new circumstances. The pet in unknown territory may be harmed by another animal that is carrying disease and will then carry it and eventually go mad, get into trouble with humans, and will be shot. Or, after a short while, when the stranger animal succumbs to hunger and illness, it dies in the cold.
The nearest shelter will take the animals. They have facilities to take care of the stranded pet and to provide the basic necessities of life until, by very good fortune, a new master is found. Or, they will be left in the facility for a long time until regulations demand its euthenasia. The animal will not suffer, however, starving and frightened: it may find a home: or it dies peacefully.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56448797905
Sadly the stray dogs that were guests at Alderburn Farm for a night, and who are now incarcerated at the local animal shelter, will not be staying here. There are too many unknowns about the animals' histories and real behaviour. The budget for one dog will not easily expand to accomodate two medium-sized dog and one large and hungry fella.
A point of view that I heard today is "Having an animal is for life. Raise them, keep them, bury them." Well that is the bottom line with pets. They do not choose their masters and are subject to the masters' whims and the winds of fate. They give what they have and expect little and become fully dependant upon their home circumstances. They cannot be expected to simply jump from a car, run into the forest, and kills something to eat. They don't know how. And so the delinquent master who decides to make his or her formerly-loved pet into a problem puts distance between the pet and the home and drops "the problem" onto someone elses' yard. So the comment about having animals becomes "Raise them, keep them, discard them, let them be killed."
The pet owner may believe that the country house or the farm will naturally have the resources to take care of another animal. In some cases this may be true, but more than likely the abandoned pet will roam in wilderness and become harmed by accident or will become prey to the wild beasts. Should the animal find its way to a building or a barn, there may be welcoming voices and a place to stay, or they may find terror and pain or simply misery in their new circumstances. The pet in unknown territory may be harmed by another animal that is carrying disease and will then carry it and eventually go mad, get into trouble with humans, and will be shot. Or, after a short while, when the stranger animal succumbs to hunger and illness, it dies in the cold.
The nearest shelter will take the animals. They have facilities to take care of the stranded pet and to provide the basic necessities of life until, by very good fortune, a new master is found. Or, they will be left in the facility for a long time until regulations demand its euthenasia. The animal will not suffer, however, starving and frightened: it may find a home: or it dies peacefully.
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