Posted on 09/21/2007 8:31:50 AM PDT by DogByte6RER
Given the situation, the actual choice is between euthanasia and the petting zoo.
Other than that, I look to the fact that laws against keeping wild animals are not new, were passed for legitimate reasons -- and they make sense from several different standpoints. No sense in rejecting laws that have real and practical merit.
It's amazing how so many folks on this thread want to reject good sense when it comes to "their rights" with respect to something that doesn't belong to them in the first place.
Seems to me like a lot of folks are having a "bambi moment" that feeds on emotion rather than common sense.
Oh yeah...
That movie and “Old Yeller” were tear jerkers...
Carolyn
Carolyn (I hope I did this right.)
BTW, your tagline would be my second choice among many.
Carolyn, Thanks. Still no definite resolution on this yet, and the Portland media seems to have lost interest, maybe getting pressured by ODFW.
Lol, I thought it was a terrible title too...
Too often laws get misapplied. Disease is a worry in some cases, but clearly not in this case - the vet is the first place this deer went. Some people see baby animals alone and wrongly imagine that they’re abandoned or sick. Well, in this case the fawn was clearly sick - legs that needed casts to straighten them.
Wisely, the possibility of euthanasia was dropped the day after it was impounded.
As for the general issue of raising wild animals... as long as the animals are properly taken care of and kept on the owner’s property and are not endangered species taken from the wild - where’s the problem? (Or maybe that’s part of it - expense of checking to see if they’re properly taken care of?) It may be dangerous to the owner, but that should be the owner’s choice.
That or do something compassionate and feed the homeless & hungry some venison.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.