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There is no excuse for dumping a pet in a field somewhere other than 
being so poor that your homeless.  The real reason most people dump 
their pets on the streets or a field is because they have no conscience 
concerning their responsibility.  Did you know that dogs and cats 
and other animals that are dumped on the street or a field can not fend 
for themselves.  Eventually almost all of them die from disease or 
starvation or get hit by a car.  The "lucky" ones end up in the Humane 
Society shelter.

Most people's reason (and I saw this on a homeless animals program on 
the public television station) is that their dog wasn't perfect in 
obedience school.  What dog is perfect in obedience?  The problem was 
with the owners.  They had no business returning their young puppy to a 
shelter because it didn't heal all the time.  That is something that 
should be taught by the owner with patience and time.

AN OWNER SHOULD ONLY ADOPT A PET FOR LIFE AND TREAT THE PET WELL FOR LIFE.  
OTHERWISE, YOU SHOULD NOT ADOPT A PET.  (And of course that means make 
sure you have the resources and the money to adopt a pet for a lifetime.)

Marla



Marla Channon (channon@wahoo.csu.net) wrote:
: Millions of dogs and cats are put to sleep in shelters each year in the 
: United States.  These pets need to be saved.  Many of them are fine, 
: good pets--many are purebred--and just need a good home.  Most of the 
: time the owner was negligent or dumped the pet some where and had no 
: right being a pet owner.  A PET OWNER SHOULD BE A PET OWNER FOR LIFE!  
: You don't dump your kids somewhere to get rid of them permanently when 
: you get tired of them, do you?  
: Your pets should be like your children--taken care of for life.

: If you like pets and will take good care of them for their full lifetime 
: (and have a tall fenced yard for a dog (at least a five foot fence for 
: big dogs, at least a four foot fence for small dogs), then please adopt 
: a pet from the local Humane Society of the United States, listed in 
: the local pages of the phone book.

: Marla