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2005-09-09 Home Front: Culture Wars

Dog torn from crying child has been found

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Posted by Jackal 2005-09-09 09:44|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 My experience with the HSUS is that they are solely a political extremist group, like PETA, and don't actually help animals. They have nothing to do with the local humane shelters.

There are two components to HSUS. One is the advocacy group you mention but there is another part that does quite a bit for animal rescue efforts. I have a friend who has been on the scene at quite a few disasters rescuing pets. She is in NOLA right now. Like many organizations, there are the queen bees and the worker bees.

Posted by Formerly Dan 2005-09-09 10:23|| 2005-09-09 10:23|| Front Page Top

#2 I stand (well, sit) corrected, and "thank you" to your friend. I would still not contribute to the HSUS, because I fear the money is fungible.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-09-09 12:44|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-09 12:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, put people through additional torment because they can't take the pet. They lost pretty much everything, what's one more thing right? F**king idiots.

Posted by Rafael 2005-09-09 12:57|| 2005-09-09 12:57|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought that was a bad policy too. For a lot of people, pets are really important. Besides, they tend to improve our sense of humanity--make us better people in a lot of cases. (favorite prayer: "Oh Lord, make me the person my dog thinks I am.")

Anyway, I think it's so terrific that they found Snowball! It was a pathetic story, and I was cringing at the thought of the disruptions in family relationships, and attachment issues sure to surface in the aftermath. A little boy simply does not have the cognitive ability to manage that kind of loss. And did anyone see the video footage of the little dog trying to get into the bus after everyone was loaded? Ouch.

A lot of domesticated animals are still in a bad situation now because of human incompetence (thank you, Gov. Blanco) and I hope anyone that can contribute to the pet-rescue effort will. Hey--and it's another thing that sets us apart from the terrorists. We LIKE dogs. (I don't trust anybody that doesn't like dogs . . . )

Posted by ex-lib 2005-09-09 16:47|| 2005-09-09 16:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Something that Ghandi said rings true: we can tell a lot about a society by how it treats animals (paraphrase).

It's also my opinion that some people shouldn't be allowed to have pets. If you have time to evacuate by car, take the pet with you fer cryin' outloud. But if you do leave it behind, don't leave it in a cage sitting on top of the washer and dryer!

Posted by Rafael 2005-09-09 19:34|| 2005-09-09 19:34|| Front Page Top

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