View Full Version : Kill them or save them?


weebee
06-25-04, 12:35 PM
Schwarzenegger Wants Strays Killed Faster http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=7&u=/ap/schwarzenegger_animal_shelters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) wants to repeal a state law that requires animal shelters to hold stray dogs and cats for up to six days before killing them.Abandoned pets find haven
By Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend | Correspondents of The Christian Science Monitor
BARCELONA, SPAIN – Jan. 3, 2003, For a decade now, Barcelona has been an innovator in design, food, and architecture. In the past 18 months, it has also led the way in animal rights. Since January 2003, the city has kept alive the great majority of dogs and cats retrieved by animal protection agents or abandoned at shelters. And last June, legislators from Barcelona helped pass a comprehensive Law of Animal Protection for the entire region of Catalonia, which prohibits declawing, pigeon shooting, and selling animals to minors.That law also makes Catalonia the only European government above the municipal level to ban euthanasia as a means of animal control. Although the European Commission has approved measures that prohibit abandoning pets and that seek to assure the well-being of domestic animals, the provisions are broad and implemented unevenly. As Jonathan Owen, spokesman for the London-based World Society for the Protection of Animals, notes, one of his organization's biggest challenges is simply getting some countries to employ humane methods of euthanasia.


http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0623/p15s02-woeu.html

Surly Schwarzenegger could find some other way to save some cash….

spidergoat
06-25-04, 03:09 PM
I can see the headline now,

Arnold In Favor of Killing Kittens, Puppies

That's got to be the worst public relations move ever...

Repo Man
06-25-04, 03:21 PM
Our state is strapped for cash. Law enforcement, libraries, you name it, it is getting cut.

I don't know the details, but I imagine that for the overwhelming majority of strays the six days is a waste of time. Because of so many irresponsible pet owners, we are awash in a sea of puppies and kittens. Their fate is inevitable. A few days delay means very little.

Spaying and neutering are the only hope for a long term solution.