Journal tomhudson's Journal: "Adopt this dog or we'll kill it!" 12
Click here to see the dogs that have been put down so far: http://www.dogsindanger.com/memorial.jsp
From El Reg: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/09/27/dog_rehoming_strategy/
Those among you who remember when it was all fields round here may also recall the famous January 1973 cover of National Lampoon which carried a pic of someone holding a gun to the head of a rather worried looking mutt and the headline "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog".
Zack the dog as seen on dogsindanger.comWell, a US "nonprofit national shelter outreach program" has decided to adopt the same no-nonsense approach to selling its wares - but in this case it's for real.
Yes indeed, cue heartstring-tugging stuff down at dogsindanger.com, where visitors are greeted by a snap of some wretched canine and a reminder of just how long he or she has left before a last walk to the euthanisia room.
The group behind the hard sell is The Buddy Fund, which hopes that "highlighting the fact many unadopted dogs are euthanized by shelters with scarce space will spur people to take them in".
The fund's Alex Aliksanyan told Reuters: "This is happening
... in our country, in our back yard. It's been kept underneath a blanket of niceness and sweetness. So we said, 'Lets put the truth in front of the consumer - either do something about it, or at least realize you're a partner.'" Aliksanyan stressed: "It's not a happy site with puppies running around. It's not meant to be that. We're taking it the other way around. We're saying these pets are going to die. Look at their faces."
And in case the pleading eyes of the Death Row inmates don't fully do the trick, dogsindanger.com throws in a continuously updated "As you are reading this x dogs have been killed" tally. That's a nationwide stat, of course, but we're pleased to announce that The Buddy Fund's animals who do suffer the "dead dawg walking" ordeal are at least afforded a suitable memorial. ®
Additional link: http://www.dogsindanger.com/ Look at the upper left of the page for the dead dog count.
I'm doing my share
Refresh the page to see other dogs on death row.
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And it may even make the big cities safer. Fire all the dog catchers and the feral dogs will keep the gang bangers off the streets
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> "Fire all the dog catchers and the feral dogs will keep the gang bangers off the streets"
You almost make a good case for it ...
However, if you've ever picked up a lost dog, they're mostly scared. Dogs are very social animals, and they certainly feel abandonment. I hate to say it, but putting them down is probably more merciful than letting them roam wild in the cities. There's always some asshat who will use that as an excuse to torture them, same as feral cats.
The simple solution would be to mo
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"Precious" doesn't trespass because precious has a leash, and on that leash is some asshat who is either in range of a lawyer, or at least a gun... and this is "the country" so there's far more guns than lawyers. So precious' owner can get sued... or shot... depending where you are in this area (the whole "sued or shot" thing worked wonders for keeping the gang bangers out, parents in this part of the country still take an interest in their kids, so pushing drugs or gang membe
at least they are being honest. (Score:1)
We all know that unwanted dogs, cats and other vermin are put down when they run out of room.
I don't get all broken up about it though. I've had pets. I would have a pet if it weren't for kids with allergies.
the fault of this lies on people who:
don't get their animals fixed to help control the population.
buy pets as gifts for people that don't want them or know how to take care of them.
don't have the guts to put their pets dow
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> "I would have a pet if it weren't for kids with allergies."
Kids raised around pets have a much lower chance of allergic problems as adults. Heck, I'm allergic to dog and cat fur, and pollen, but I didn't have a problem as a kid because I had all sorts of pets. Then, no pets, the hay fever, tree pollen, and other allergies came. 15 years ago, the first two months with a dog were pure hell, and then one day, I no longer had a problem with dog fur. My summer allergies disappeared too. Considering that
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but many allergies i had as a child have resurfaced and my oldest cannot be around a cat even though we had one the first 5 years of her life.
so now we have Hermit Crabs, fish and newts.
We have 2 (Score:2)
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My mother had a purebred pitbull that came from two of the meanest pitbulls around - they were bred to be mean (stupid druggies do that).
Anyway, this pitbull was gentle! The cat would boss it around. While there may be a predisposition to meanness, an awful lot IS how you raise them.
No Kill Shelters and Fixed Pets (Score:1)
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It all comes down to the owners. I'm finding three big dogs to be a bit too much, but that doesn't mean I'm going to dump them off on someone else.
> "and gotten rid of the Great Dane cross he had grown up with (too big for the apt she said) and gotten a blue healer in its staid"
Sounds like someone who thinks that pets are fashion accessories.
> "You wouldn't adopt your kid out because you were allergic to them."
I know a few kids who would tempt you ... and a few parents who would jump at the c
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Siamese cats are different. I remember I found one in a parking garage. It liked me immediately - until I gave it to one of my sisters - then it hated me forever. Talk about sucking up to whoever owns the hand that opens the can opener!
As far as the pet food is concerned - you might not have kept the receipts, but did you keep any of the containers or have any boxes still hanging around? they would have lot numbers on them.