Animal shelters in USA send away for more strays

Yahoo from USA Today ^ | 1-31-03 | Tom Vanden Brook

[cyborg]

I am not surprised. The adoption industry is the same way. We go over land and sea and fetch children from miles away when we have thousands here already. Same story... just substitute human for dogs and cats. In the end, I guess unwanted children/animals get adopted and we shouldn't fuss. This story makes me wonder about the money trail in these transactions.

[Godel]

I am not surprised. The adoption industry is the same way. We go over land and sea and fetch children from miles away when we have thousands here already. Same story... just substitute human for dogs and cats. In the end, I guess unwanted children/animals get adopted and we shouldn't fuss. This story makes me wonder about the money trail in these transactions.

I was struck by the same parallel. We use massive birth control and abortion here in the US and Europe, and as a result our populations are shrinking and shriveling and we wind up importing third world immigrants.

[Ramius]

You're not gonna belieeeeeve 'dis...

[hotpotato]

Something is wrong with this story. Sounds like a too-soon-released April fools joke. We fostered pets for animal rescue until it became more than we could handle. Fortunately, there have been other volunteers but not enough. I wish it were true (assuming that the story is suggesting that stray or rescued pets are on a serious decline), but I'm skeptical because of what I have experienced. As well as my vet(s).

hmmmmm......

[kancel]

>>The adoption industry is the same way. We go over land and sea and fetch children from miles away when we have thousands here already. <<

I have heard a lot of complaints from would-be-adoptive parents that there is less red tape and BS to go through to get a child from overseas. To get a US child requires a lot of jumping through hoops and filling out dozens of forms in carbonless triplicate but to get one from overseas just requires a flash of cash.

This is not from experience mind you just from being in groups where adoptive is a common occurence and seeing various ranting (and celebrations) inside these groups.

This would still make for an interesting money trail. Who gets the monetary benefits from all the unadopted US kids?

[cyborg]

The red tape is true. I am not against children being adopted at all. I strongly suspect many people are richly compensated with our tax money for "care" of these children. If they aren't, they're warhoused into "little orphan annie" houses from hell. America is their own worst enemy with advocating sexual irresponsibility and abortions.

I wonder if we aren't getting sickeningly commercialized and materialized in every area including charity? If you were interested in saving a dog's life, just pick a dog from what they have. Sounds to me like a tax money boondoggle.

[KneelBeforeZod]

Peluso is spanish for tripod

[SLB]

This past December we made a trip to Nashville for window shopping. At one of the malls we visited there was a pet store with "All American" dogs for $160.00 each. My kids laughed about that all the way home, a mixed breed, Heinz 57, or whatever you want to call them for $160.00 is amazing. We are sitting on a gold mine. We have mixed breed dogs and cats dropped off near us almost weekly. Guess I better put them on eBay.

[dennisw]

Many of our police K-9 dogs are German shepards trained in Germany. They must be spoken to in German. They understand German commands which is to the good since the policeman knows the German commands and the perps don't.

[SpookBrat]

"Patronek warns that the prospect of importing disease is a serious concern."

Yep. I would think so. Thanks for the ping. Interesting article.

[battlegearboat]

How much is that doggy in the window?

[Varda]

It depends where you live. I used to voluteer at an animal shelter that had an agreement with other shelters in about 150 mile radius for acquiring dogs. Sometimes when we were low on dogs we could take in dogs from shelters that didn't have room or acquire a particular dog for someone. In many urban areas euthanasia is almost completely restricted to cats and unadoptable dogs.

[Varda]

" I heard a radio report yesterday that said that pounds kill 11 million dogs and cats"

This is a style of animals rights dis-info. It may be true that 11 million animals are killed but the vast majority are cats and not dogs. There is a big difference in the euthanasia rates of these two species.

[Darnright]

"I thought I heard a radio report yesterday that said that pounds kill 11 million dogs and cats a year. Now we're importing strays?"

If there aren't enough strays in Taxachusetts, our shelter in southwest Virginia is still euthanizing over 4,000 homeless pets a year.

But, according to these jerkbags, OUR southern dogs aren't "healthy" enough for the Cape Cod trendy set.

Pity.

[Darnright]

PETA sux bump

[Snowy]

If there aren't enough strays in Taxachusetts, our shelter in southwest Virginia is still euthanizing over 4,000 homeless pets a year.

I just recently started volunteering for a Golden Retriever rescue organization in SE Pennsylvania. A lot of the dogs we get are from your area. I can't understand why more people don't alter their pets.

[rintense]

This just makes me sick. Importing strays when millions are put down each year in the US alone? What a crock.

[Darnright]

"A lot of the dogs we get are from your area. I can't understand why more people don't alter their pets."

Interestingly enough, we've got a new spay/neuter group that is going very well. Goldens are such great dogs, but, people get a puppy, and then as it gets into the teen stage, it loses its "cuteness" and becomes a boisterous pain. Goldens need training, they do not come out of the womb perfect. The yuppies then lose interest because the dog becomes work. The dog is then discarded like a used car.

Goldens are WORKING SPORTING dogs. Soccer moms forget that.

[Snowy]

Goldens are WORKING SPORTING dogs. Soccer moms forget that.

Well, they should be. A lot of the 'show' goldens are sweet dogs, but they have low energy and are a bit clumsy (my parents get dogs like this, and these 'throw rugs' are perfect for them). I have more of a field line golden who, even though he tested as 'low energy' as a puppy, is by no means low energy. He also tested low on the 'retrieving' test, but he must have been asleep when they tested him because he will retrieve tennis balls all night if we let him.

If it were up to me, dog licenses would be strictly enforced. It would be $5 a year for an altered dog, and $500 a year for a dog that isn't altered.

[the irate magistrate]

Why do think that we have this big explosion of Chinese restraunts now, with dishes that can't be explained.