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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Californian FB"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Brenda – I just read your blog, and trust me you are not alone in
the way you feel. When I read Bev’s post my whole body cringed at
the thought of what she had written, mostly because I knew just how true her
words were and how little most people cared. While I do agree that much,
much more needs to be done to educate the public about the NECESSITY of spaying
and neutering your pets and controlling the pet population BEFORE it gets to
the point where innocent animals are put down simply because there are no
resources available for them, I do feel like the less humane thing to do would
be to allow these animals to roam around as strays, contracting diseases,
starving to death, living day to day suffering or dying by the side of a road
after being hit by a car. We all have seen homeless people, sitting by a
street corner begging for food or money, dirty, sick and suffering. I
would be willing to bet that if you asked some of these people if they prefer
to continue life as they are living it now, or be given a shot and put quietly
to sleep, never to awaken again, they would probably choose the latter.
Please don’t get me wrong here, I am NOT suggesting we place the homeless
in kennels and euthanize them…that is ridiculous, however, in a situation
such as the overpopulation of pets, where our choices are to allow them the
freedom of roaming the streets and fending for themselves, or putting them to
sleep to keep them from a short life of much suffering, as painful as it may be
to comprehend, I believe the latter may be the most humane. I think the
first step is to get the word out about preventing more and more animals from
coming into this world until we have gotten this overpopulation crisis under
control. If anyone has any suggestions as to how we, as a pretty big
group, can go about making this a top priority for our city, state and national
government, maybe by putting pressure on our local elected officials or joining
an existing campaign to create awareness, I would love to hear about it.
I think it’s time we all get up and do something more. We owe it to
our beloved friends and to ourselves as members of the human race. We are
better than this!!! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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