Spay Neuter program revisited
Kristy posted a comment on this issue. Thank you for that! It takes all of our voices and I truly appreciate your time. You bring up a good point and we certainly need to round out our legislation for the owner of a pet, with proper regulations for the support to facilitate the legislation. To insure that all parties are held to the highest level of behavior.
When we have regulations in place, we have a better opportunity to educate the importance of why the legislation is put into place. A great example is our seat belt compliance. It was met with great resistance as a law at first and now we have a 98% compliance rate because of the education of the enforcement and the benefits are, that it really save lives. That it saves us all money on insurance, etc. Now it is common practice, natural behavior.
I believe with all of my heart, that we have to change the basic philosophy of thought that we carry as a whole. The earth is not put here because of us, we are here because of the earth. Maintaining the delicate balance of all that lives on this planet is our responsibility. Our survival. If we do not help to continue that balance, we will suffer and who knows to what degree.
Our pet population is something that we are in direct control of being able to keep balanced. To reduce the suffering of unwanted animals. As we are the ones playing Mother Nature, mating animals for a variety of reasons. Profit or by accident/abandoned and not fixed to give an example. With so many older dogs abandoned in our shelters, were does it seem right to keep making puppies. Nature would never support the amount of puppies that we see just in the Little Nickel alone.
An unwanted dog in the shelter, started out as a cute puppy that needs to be trained to become a great dog. Too much work, a lifestyle that was not conducive to the time it takes, behaviors that you don't know what to do with, all result in an unwanted dog.
Thus the sheltered dog is now waiting for us to determine it's fate, while it's living on a hard cement floor surrounded by a cage, with the loud echo of fear and entrapment. The overwhelmingly crowded, solitary conditions go against every grain of a roving pack animal. The results that manifest themselves are depression and stress related behaviors that they can do nothing about.
We really need to change the structure of our shelters too. There will always be a need for a transition place. Life shifts. We have all experience that in our lives and thus, so would pets. Educating our community, especially our children on the importance of a proper way to help house our pets in our home or in transition, is part of the true cause and effect that will reduce over population and the need for shelters. Plus, they give us so much. Exercise, structure, responsibility and they teach us other, simpler ways to enjoy life.
Reducing the over population of pets, increasing the proper, respectful ownership of pets and creating a truly balanced place for them to reside if there is not a home, is our challenge. They seem daunting in some respects. I believe there is no limit to what we can accomplish if we work together. There is no limit to how we can benefit all that needs it, as a community.
When issues come up that need to be addressed, I find most of the discussions preliminary. Kristy's comments made me realize that we should evolve our discussions further.
Even with our different opinions, we are trying to reach the same end. We need to strive to find common ground. To bring our opinions together to accomplish our goals. If we take our discussions farther down the line, perhaps we can find where our opinions meet.
Thank you Kristy and all those who are out there trying to make a difference. Thank you for your community. For your passion. Please keep spreading the word!
Deena
When we have regulations in place, we have a better opportunity to educate the importance of why the legislation is put into place. A great example is our seat belt compliance. It was met with great resistance as a law at first and now we have a 98% compliance rate because of the education of the enforcement and the benefits are, that it really save lives. That it saves us all money on insurance, etc. Now it is common practice, natural behavior.
I believe with all of my heart, that we have to change the basic philosophy of thought that we carry as a whole. The earth is not put here because of us, we are here because of the earth. Maintaining the delicate balance of all that lives on this planet is our responsibility. Our survival. If we do not help to continue that balance, we will suffer and who knows to what degree.
Our pet population is something that we are in direct control of being able to keep balanced. To reduce the suffering of unwanted animals. As we are the ones playing Mother Nature, mating animals for a variety of reasons. Profit or by accident/abandoned and not fixed to give an example. With so many older dogs abandoned in our shelters, were does it seem right to keep making puppies. Nature would never support the amount of puppies that we see just in the Little Nickel alone.
An unwanted dog in the shelter, started out as a cute puppy that needs to be trained to become a great dog. Too much work, a lifestyle that was not conducive to the time it takes, behaviors that you don't know what to do with, all result in an unwanted dog.
Thus the sheltered dog is now waiting for us to determine it's fate, while it's living on a hard cement floor surrounded by a cage, with the loud echo of fear and entrapment. The overwhelmingly crowded, solitary conditions go against every grain of a roving pack animal. The results that manifest themselves are depression and stress related behaviors that they can do nothing about.
We really need to change the structure of our shelters too. There will always be a need for a transition place. Life shifts. We have all experience that in our lives and thus, so would pets. Educating our community, especially our children on the importance of a proper way to help house our pets in our home or in transition, is part of the true cause and effect that will reduce over population and the need for shelters. Plus, they give us so much. Exercise, structure, responsibility and they teach us other, simpler ways to enjoy life.
Reducing the over population of pets, increasing the proper, respectful ownership of pets and creating a truly balanced place for them to reside if there is not a home, is our challenge. They seem daunting in some respects. I believe there is no limit to what we can accomplish if we work together. There is no limit to how we can benefit all that needs it, as a community.
When issues come up that need to be addressed, I find most of the discussions preliminary. Kristy's comments made me realize that we should evolve our discussions further.
Even with our different opinions, we are trying to reach the same end. We need to strive to find common ground. To bring our opinions together to accomplish our goals. If we take our discussions farther down the line, perhaps we can find where our opinions meet.
Thank you Kristy and all those who are out there trying to make a difference. Thank you for your community. For your passion. Please keep spreading the word!
Deena
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