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Marla Channon 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

You DO have to look at the other side, where a well-meaning person gets
a new job, moves to a new town, and NONE of the housing they can afford
will allow pets.  There are other scenarios too.

Having said that, however, I will state that I would NEVER do the above,
have never and will never abandon a pet, etc, etc - I have had anwhere
form 1 to 20 pets at one time in the last 20 years.  I just had to state
the other side for balance ("balance" on the other side does NOT include
"well I didn't want it anymore"!).

And once ferrets are legalized in CA (Soon!), I will look into adopting
a "stray", but ONLY after further discussion with current owners, to
make sure I am ready for one.


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