Humane Society Ad. (just sad)

Vanity | 10/18/2009 | Vendome

[Vendome]

Just saw another ad by the Humane Society. They do wonderful work and help animals who have been abandoned or treated cruelly.

I hate these ads, not for their poor taste, they are actually done well and are a needed message about treating animals with love and humanely.

What bothers me about the ads is the starkness of the cruelty man exacts on an animal who loves unconditionally and is always happy to see you.

They don't care what kind of day you had or how much money you make. The're always happy when you walk in the front door.

And yet there are humans just so sick, they would beat, starve or maime an animal, so they can exert their power over an animal who has no defense and will still love.

Is this love a sign of God, who loves unconditionally no matter your faults or defects?

I am forced to turn away when these ads run as my eyes well up with tears.

I cannot believe someone would do the things to these animals who would love you and do what you want. They are your friend and want nothing more than to be your companion, fulfill a void you didn't know you had and entertain you.

The pictures they show disgust me and I am not able to conjure up any qualification for the horror of the cruelty I see.

I smile at my pets to let them know yes, I was only gone 2 minutes and I am back. Sorry you missed me.

I smile at my pets to let them know I don't care what they do, they are just so damn cute and beautiful.

I smile at my pets when the want to play retrieve.

I smile at my pets when they do their natural job and run toward the street after a squirrel and then upon my command sit or heel. I then hug them for being so good and alive.

I smile at my pets for some of the dumb things they do because well... it's funny and amazing.

I smile when they bug me to scratch them and then watch as they go into some weird frenzy and I imagine them saying "Oh! Thank you. You have no idea how good that feels. Do it some more".

I smile because they are my responsibility and I love taking care of them, even if they want me play with them all the time.

I smile because they are God's gift to me and I know I must provide them love and care that will give them a healthy life and enliven their spirit.

Thanks for letting me rant.

[gardencatz]

oops more=less

Cindie

[mlizzy]

My little boy is black and has perfect little white paws and look like gloves. His chest is open with white and he sits like a gentleman. So I named him Rex Harrison. His sister is a sable or blonde color and is blessed with extraordinary intelligence and poise. She is beautiful. So I named her Grace Kelly.

Awwwww, Rex and Grace are lucky pups! LOVE the description and name choices.

[ronniesgal]

why don’t you just donate food, warm blankets ,kitty litter ect. to your local animal shelter?
I can’t bring home any more pets, but I buy stuff like that and just drop it off.
OR you could go to your shelter and walk/play with the caged dogs.If your shelter lets you

[ronniesgal]

my daughter is 29, and watches Animal Cops, even though she bawls like a girl who got dumped by her boyfriend.
I don’t watch, I can’t do it.

[LongElegantLegs]

One of my dogs was adopted from a Humane Society shelter; so they do exist. It’s too bad they’re so anti-pet.

[who knows what evil?]

What makes me sad is how human beings that know better, treat God’s wonderful animals in this way. I would no like to be them when they stand before Him and account for their miserable lives. God will serve out perfect justice.

You might enjoy this quote from Tennessee vet Bruce Langlois: "If we don't put an end to the senseless killing of healthy adoptable pets; we run the risk of finding there is no room for us when it is OUR turn to enter heaven." Amen.

[ottbmare]

Exploitive? That is a laugh. I am the one being taken advantage of. I have to talk like a girl because they like it. I have to walk the dogs, because they like it. 3, 4, 5, 6 times a day. I have to carefully check their food to ensure it is of the highest quality. I spend $100 a month for food and toys for two dogs. Sometimes I explain to them that life would be easier for all of us if they had opposable thumbs so they could get a job and help out a little around here. Apparently that would be a real hardship on all the sleeping they do. I have no idea what the cost per year is for vets but it is a couple grand and the last two have exceeded $7,000 for operations due to cancer.

Hah, you think that's bad? Try owning a horse. Talk about demanding and exploitative! Six hundred a month for board, $125 for shoes every five weeks, $300 for just one blanket (and Miss Princess has several for different weather conditions, including a rain sheet, a cooler, a kinda cool weather blanket, a blanket to keep her hind end warm when she's being ridden, a super-cold weather blanket, a cover to wear to keep dust off her at shows, etc. etc. etc.) She has toys, too. She has all sorts of specials wraps and protective devices for her legs. She does not have one single thing that was bought because I felt like spoiling her, only stuff that was bought because I found out the hard way that it was necessary.

None of this includes, of course, the vet bills, the health insurance, or the cost of maintaining a truck and trailer to drag her around. I don't have the truck and trailer yet, just getting ready because I'm tired of paying other people to drag her around when I want to go somewhere. There are special supplements. There are training devices. There are are bridles (she has a dressage bridle, a show bridle, a schooling bridle, and a flat hunting bridle), bits to go with same, and the saddles (two Stubbens, one for dressage and one for hunting, and I'm not even going to tell you about the angst of getting those fitted to her). We have a stack of saddle pads roughly 2 1/2 feet high. Girths, leads, lunge lines, health products, grooming devices, treatments, medications. THe list of purchases doesn't count the time taken off of work to meet the vet or the farrier out at the barn, or the drives to go buy all this crap, or the lessons and training.

She's pretty smug about all of this. She figures she deserves it and gets indignant if she doesn't get it.

I love this horse. I love my two dogs, too. And I don't want the HSUS to spend hundreds of millions to lobby legislators so that I no longer have the right to ride the horse, or hunt, or even own animals.

[Roses0508]

I can’t stand the ads either. I understand they are used to educate the public, but they break my heart.

All four of my pets are rescues. When something hard happens in my life I always want to go get another pet. You can tick off the deaths in my family by the pet additions. Heart healers!

[pandoraou812]

I can relate to your post. I used to work as a vet tech years ago. I've worked for animal shelters. So I have seen what people do to animals. I turn away from those ads also.

Maybe this will make you feel a bit better. I got into horse rescue this summer. We now have a palomino & a race horse who were on their way to the kill pen. Now they have a great home & are well loved.

For a few days I've known there were a bunch of horses left over from the horse auction & the meat buyers were coming today or tomorrow for them. I don't cry anymore over it since I have no tears left. But I got the girl who splits the barn with me & another women to go take a look at the horses. So today a horse was saved & is on his way to our quarantine pasture. Another horse to join our other 5 rescue horses. I am getting ready to go out & see this ex race horse who was tossed away after somebody decided he wasn't worth loving & feeding anymore.

My horses are on my page & Moonie looks 100% better then he did in his picture there. Amazing what lots of love, care & kindness did for him. I hear from some of my friends that I am crazy in this economy to have horses. It is hard & we don't go out to dinner or spend money like we used to on ourselves. But the joy we get from our horses is worth every penny. Plus all my adult children are getting involved & my 10 yr old daughter is active in riding & will show Moonie next summer. I do some cat & dog rescue too when I can. It is a zoo here in my house but I love my animals.

[pandoraou812]

I can relate to your post! Thankfully we are in with other people & rent our own barn. I hated boarding & found the last stable I was at wasn't feeding all the time. I love having my own barn & we all help each other out. My friend has the truck & trailer & that saves lots of money. My vet is a friend so she does everything at a lower price then I would normally have to pay. It is very expensive. Then theres the English riding clothes for my daughter & the must haves each time we hit a tack shop. But the joy those 2 horses give us is worth every penny.

[brytlea]

If these ads are for HSUS be aware, they are an animal rights lobbying group and don’t actually run shelters. Yes, they tug at your heartstrings, but a little research will tell you that they and PETA’s answer to animal cruelty is for humans to have no interaction with animals at all. Google Ingrid Newkirk quotes and start from there.

[brytlea]

Do you watch nature shows? They are pretty cruel too. I am not negating the cruelty of humans, but for many animals life is brutish and short no matter where they live it.

[brytlea]

Donate directly to your LOCAL shelter or purebred rescue. They use the money for the animals, not for lobbying for causes that you may not agree with.

[brytlea]

An HSUS shelter? Do tell!

[brytlea]

I know this will likely get me flamed, but that quote makes no sense to me whatsoever. I see nowhere in the Bible that suggests to me that because I cannot end animal euthanasia I will not go to Heaven. What have I missed?

[LongElegantLegs]

Yep! Here's the website . I'm very grateful to them, Swiper had just been returned to the shelter for the second or third time, and any other place would have euthanized him by the time we got there; but after I found out their national agenda, I decided we wouldn't go back; we got our next dog from the city pound.

[nmh]

“You might enjoy this quote from Tennessee vet Bruce Langlois:

“If we don’t put an end to the senseless killing of healthy adoptable pets; we run the risk of finding there is no room for us when it is OUR turn to enter heaven.” Amen. “

Thanks, I do appreciate that.

[HokieMom]

In the Virginia governor’s race, Bob McDonnell has earned the endorsement of the Humane Society

http://www.bobmcdonnell.com/index.php/media/player then click “endorsed” on the right column to see the ad.

[RobRoy]

>>If you think it’s “unmanly” to feel that way about what these commercials show then you’re a nitwit; goodbye.<<

I wouldn’t know. I dumped TV in 1997. This frog jumped out of the water when it was only lukewarm.

[BCR #226]

My wife and I adopted 2 GSD’s from the German Shepherd Rescue Group of Virginia. I’ve literally confronted people on the side of the road being cruel to dogs. I’ve taken dogs home that I’ve picked up on the side of the road and have found them good homes.

I have no tolorance towards people that are cruel to animals. Hunting is one thing but beating an animal and making it suffer is entirely different. People that do that should be beaten severely.