Posted on 09/10/2005 11:21:16 PM PDT by BagCamAddict
Please sign the online petition to stop the killing of pets in New Orleans. Conflicting reports abound, regarding whether orders have been given to shoot abandoned pets. But just in case it is or becomes true, please sign the online petitions below to STOP the killing:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/366281507?ltl=1126417990
And the following petition adds the words "and their pets" to the order to evacuate people from New Orleans. Please sign it also:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/840979272?ltl=1126071044
Please try to keep us updated. And grab a smaller sized pup for me. We can figure out shipping arrangements later...
LOL... "How would you like your pup, Miss? They come in Extra Small, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, and Gigantic."
I doubt I'll be able to access a computer while I'm there, but if I can, I certainly will let you know how it's going. I just hope I can work out all the logistics and make it happen. (And I haven't told my boss yet... !!)
PING
I know.
I was just over at Pet Finder reading the lost/found lists.
So many people begging for someone to save or find their pets.
I just can't stand to think about how they must feel.
I think it would kill *me*.
I think you've just become my hero....:)
Well... let's wait on that until I do something successful. So far, it's a nightmare of logistics. All the rental vehicles are sold out at the Baton Rouge airport. Don't have an official contact yet. Don't have someone to pick me up at the airport and get me to the right area. Don't have a vehicle or a boat to do rescues on my own... So best-case scenario at this point is that I'd be cleaning cages and bathing animals. But it's killing me because those animals are already saved and alive... I want to save the ones who may not have another day or two to live. And cleaning cages is such a waste of my Hazardous Materials qualifications that could be used to rescue in the still-flooded areas, etc.
The whole thing is very frustrating right now.
"I never would've believed it of FR if I hadn't see it"
yup! Don't debate folks that "don't get it". Isn't worth the bother. No one changes here. Some think if you love you pet = PETA or some crap like that. There is a difference.
"Don't debate folks that "don't get it". Isn't worth the bother"
I'm Scots-Irish/Welsh & Danish.
When somebody swings a sword at me I go into auto-berserker mode no matter how obtuse and ill-informed the instigator may be.
[I'm kinda stupid like that but maybe someday I'll learn]...LOL!
I think the poster HAS her/his priorities "straight".
They were unwilling to shoot looters, rapists and murderers, but blasting Fido is apparently O.K. with them.
Well, its not O.K. with me.
Some of the responses to this post exemplify why Conservatives get a bad rap as being heartless.
Stop shooting the pets! There's a war going on. Every bullet we use shooting a dog in NO could be better spent shooting an islmowhacko in Iraq. Talk about getting prioritieds straight...
"When somebody swings a sword at me I go into auto-berserker mode no matter how obtuse and ill-informed the instigator may be."
Sounds like you are a fellow Honorable gamer type! :)
Wear your buffs on FR LOL
I've never really been into PC games *but* there once was a day when you would *not* want to face me in a board game of "Risk".
[I was coldly calculating, merciless and *always* won]...LOL!
I say...Shoot 'em!
"Some of the responses to this post exemplify why Conservatives get a bad rap as being heartless."
Precisely!
Why don't conservatives have anything analogous to "animal welfare" or "environmental" groups?
I'm so far right it's ridiculous *but* I also have a deep, abiding and ingrained love of the land, nature and critters.
I *used* to be a Democrat but the -rest- of their ideology sickened me and I switched to Republican.
How many more 'borderline' Dems would do the same if they knew they had a viable, compassionate alternative?
A woman I know is fanatically anti-abortion and very socially conservative yet she sticks with the Dems because *they* are the only people who ever gave any support to her "no kill" shelter efforts.
Just about everyone I meet automatically assumes I'm a Dem because of how I "look" and how I treat animals and the earth with respect.
[Frankly, I'm tired of being insulted by those assumptions]...:))
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