My priorities are in order, thank you. And didn't your mother teach you that if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all? If you don't like this thread, then stay off of it. SOME of us DO care about animals.
For people who have lost EVERYTHING, their pet may be all they have left, and their only source of comfort. To force them to abandon their pet after all the trauma they have gone through is additional unnecessary cruelty.
I would never leave my dog behind, but apparently most people who left their pets thought they would be back home in 2 days at the most. So they didn't "leave them for dead," they left them because hotels and shelters wouldn't take pets.
There wouldn't be so many dogs and cats in shelters in this country if so many people didn't think they were disposable!!
HOTD...can you put this on the Doggie Ping List?
[and thanks for the link BCA]...:)
"If you don't like this thread, then stay off of it."
Sorry. No can do. When someone is wrong and advocates a costly and dangerous position, I feel obliged to inform them that they are misguided. Resources wasted on these now feral animals could be put to better use.
"And didn't your mother teach you that if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all? "
No, my momma told me to tell the truth and not to suffer fools.
We do too.
We just realize how cruel it is to not put some of them out of their misery.
Many of those poor creatures are sweet, gentle family pets. You can tell immediately which ones are vicious and which ones are not. Let the animal rescuers do all they can. Shooting should be a last (and terrible) resort...
Makes you wonder about G-d's priorities, as well. He had Noah bring the animals into the shelter of the ark, while the rest of the humans...well, they didn't fare as well. :-) It is apparent that G-d loves animals just as much as many of us on this thread. Probably even more so.