🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sat, 9 Jan 1999 11:34:12 -0400, "Spike" <rmohr@accesscable.net>
wrote:

>Abbie Offman-Baydar <aoffman@rubidium.unagency.com> wrote in message
>news:IGJl2.5$u17.144144@sapphire.mtt.net...
>
>>I second that. Its completely irresponsible to let animals breed out of
>control.
>>Take a trip to the SPCA, it will break your heart if you're an animal
>lover.
>>HEres an idea, why not sell the kittens for a few bucks each instead, and
>use
>>that money towards getting the parents fixed.
>>
>><rant>
>>
>>Nothing pisses me off more is seeing kittens and other animals given away
>free
>>at the flea market etc because ppl are too cheap, stupid, etc to get their
>>animals fixed.
>>
>></rant>
>
>First of all, what here indicates this person is letting her cats breed out
>of control?  Maybe this was a planned litter?  Maybe her Queen's first?

If so, it was an irresponsible plan. Across North America millions of
unwanted animals are put to death. Abbie's plan to visit the SPCA is
an excellent one. You might then be able to rescue one of the doomed
creatures while at the same time see for yourself just how "over
supplied" we are with pets.

>
>The fact that she is giving her kittens away for free as opposed to selling
>them at a price is irrelevant, and to assume that this means she is
>irresponsible is plain illogical. Maybe she just isn't out for a quick buck,
>at the expense of her kittens.

I think the idea is that if someone pays for the animal they might be
more likely to care for it.

>
>If everyone got their pets neutered/spayed, there would be little chance of
>getting any pets at a young age (except from the Breeders, of course, who
>make their entire living off of animal slavery). THAT is logical. Just where
>would the pets come from? The wild?

I think we'll be able to handle that problem if and when the day
comes. Expect to be very, very old!

>
>Fact is, if we want to talk irresponsible, ALL pet owners are irresponsible,
>by keeping an innocent animal hostage against nature's intentions.  Shame on
>us all!  What arrogance!  We put ourselves in this fix millenia ago when we
>Humans decided to enslave animals to work for us, solely because we thought
>ourselves superior to them. Now whenever the realities of this situation
>present themselves, we become squimish, hypocritical and self righteous.

That's your opinion.

>
>Want to help the SPCA? Easy. Lets ALL just stop owning (enslaving) pets
>entirely. Soon, their reason for existence will be gone. But, as we all
>know, that isn't about to happen. Just isn't realistic.
>
> After all, we just can't live without our pets, can we?
>
>R. Mohr
>
>P.S.  Just to set the record straight, I have two cats of my own. A male and
>a female, both "fixed".  So you see, I am just as much at fault here as the
>rest of us.

Is that suppose to add weight to your argument??