Posted on 09/02/2005 8:30:43 AM PDT by Iluvlabs not libs
I do feel bad for those dolphins that were put in the hotel swimming pool. Hope they can hang in there or some one can drop them some food. A certain select group of Americas zoo vets should go there for that sort of relief.
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So what you are saying is that animal rescue would not show up if they were forced to save humans?
Wow.
You really do not understand. I am not even criticizing the organizations. I am criticizing the rescue of animals before people. Once the people are safe, then save all the animals, but not before.
Judging from what has been posted on this thread --- yes, I do doubt that.
Because there is no shortage of electricity. Nice try.
We are donating to the organization because we want the rescue efforts for animals to begin immediately. Not in 3 days. Not in 3 weeks. Immediately.
People first. It's that simple, despite folks with confused loyalties trying to obfuscate the issue.
I have actually argued on this thread against helping looters and shooters. They have no humanity and deserve to be treated as such.
My daughter would be greatly comforted if she had her 3 pets. I'm greatly comforted we got her out of a 4th world country alive. I'm not callossed! I know it's painful for these kids. I know they're scarred. It ripped my heart out losing my pure- bred, hand picked, expensive, family pets, to have to leave them essentially during a coup. Yes, yes, yes, it is hard but this is survival. It would be so wonderful if every kid could have their pet, but it is more important they have their lives, that even more kids have their lives. We are so clueless in the US not having lived in 4th world conditions. CLUELESS!!! I'll go to work tonight, knowing how hard my work load is, and knowing nurses are stuck in NO, and thanking God I'm not there, deciding which patient I can keep alive, having an IV in my hand and dragging a pole behind me to keep going. I love dogs passionately, but this is absurd.
Only when those efforts are placed ahead of the efforts to save people.
I wonder how many people died trying to save the family pet ?
I can NEVER see an animal suffer or struggle! Not now.......... not ever!
"They cannot fathom that I would never put the life of an animal over a human."
We UNDERSTAND ALREADY. You would never put the life of an animal over a human. I get it, everyone get's it.
No, because there are those that do not understand the magnitude of this crisis and think that there is enough manpower and equipment to save the people, so its time to save animals.
I am just trying to remind them that saving people comes first. Once all the people are safe, then rescue the animals.
It's only a criminal act if you rescue an animal when people are still dying. After the people are safe, rescue all the animals (looters not included).
No--it's THIS simple. SAVE BOTH WHEN YOU CAN. You're actually encouraging leaving a pleading animal when you could save it???
We get it what you believe...
PEOPLE FIRST
PEOPLE FIRST
PEOPLE FIRST
PEOPLE FIRST
Peeee OOoooppp lllleeee FIiirssssTTTT
What I choose believe and do is not one bit of your business.
OK,
next on the agenda?
I don't think anyone here is suggesting that saving animals should be a higher priority than saving people. But where it's not an either/or situation, efforts to help pets are helpful to people too. Things like this little boy having his dog snatched away from him just before he boarded the bus to Houston is just insane. I'm sure it was a small dog, and there are plenty of animal rescuer workers on the Houston end to take in animals from people arriving at shelters. No tough choices there -- somebody just made the wrong one.
"What are you, some anti-speech advocate?"
No, I just think your record has been playing for too long and people don't want to hear the same thing over and over again.
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