Posted on 09/03/2006 12:07:16 PM PDT by kennedy
If the New Orleans pet owners, let their pets free during Katrina, the pets would have found their way out to safety while the owners would stand around waiting for the government to come for them, some drowning in the process.
I offered to take in a dog, (instead of a donation) with the understanding that he/she would go back to the owner , if found. The shelter said they would get back to me but never did. If it's her dog, the new owner should give her back IMO. If she is worried about neglect, there are people that can monitor. If the first owner has all this time and money though, I think she should pay for medical care and show some gratitude and understanding of why the foster is concerned.
"10 to 25 percent — have been reunited with their original Louisiana owners. "
What a sad statement about the owners. I wouldn't have left my pet in the first place. But if we had been separated, I'd have been back there as soon as the roads were passable, to get my pet back.
If people cared even half as much for HUMAN babies .....
This is INSANITY !
So a family that has the resources to hire a lawyer to fetch their dog, did not have the resources to leave town before the storm hit?
How do you put out several weeks of food out anyway? The bugs would make the food pretty yucky in a short time.
To settle the case of the rightful owner, why not ask the dog?
What a stupid thing to say. The dog has received the medical care it required and is recovering. If it hadn't, it would be long gone.
There still is no definitive proof that Hope is actually Jazz. If Hope is Jazz, and then IF the owner can come up with the money the rescuers spent returning that dog to good health, then she is responsible enough to get the dog back. Otherwise, she should go buy or adopt another dog.
I'd have left WITH our PETS. There is NO WAY, I'd leave our pets behind. If it would have been us, as soon as we'd heard the warnings we'd be loading up the car with stuff and the PETS and on the road to where a hotel or motel is pet friendly.
If DNA tests prove the dog belongs to the original owner, then the adopting "owner" needs to STFU and hand it over. There's only about 600 years of property law precedent.
Okay, I laughed.
I would call evacuating from a possible category 5 storm heading your way and leaving the petbehind (which is the owner's responsibility) should be called abandonment and also animal abuse. They don't deserve to be pet owners.
However, if you are merely speaking of emotional abandonment, then let's simply say that it has no place in this discussion.
Call me heartless, but I don't want my tax dollars squandered on pet rescue when there are still human beings to take care of. No going back for pets; if you can carry them with you when are pulled up/out -- OK. Otherwise, tough sh*t. Besides. most of the people here have no business (no money) for pets/pet food et al. Them's the hard facts. And I don't care what race/color you are. This goes across the board. Spare me that racist drivel...SSZ
Whether or not legally the property issue you are talking about, it is still ABUSE. If someone evacuated without their pets, they had fear for their own well being. they are responsible for the well being of their pet.
I do not disagree. But unfortunately, it is not material to whether the original owner still has a legal claim on the animal.
The people were TOLD to EVACUATE. Pets had no choice in the matter. So we have all this monstrous rescue mission to save people who were too stupid to leave.
I just don't see how. Forgive me, but this is just a sore spot with me. The animals were helpless and the arrogant owners left them behind or were too stupid to leave in the first place.
Where is Judge Wapner when you really need him?
The problem is too many people who can't seem to distinguish between the value of human life and the value of animal life.
Bringing lawyers and judges into a fight over who owns a dog is like bringing lawyers and judges into a fight over who owns a bicycle. Just shut up and buy a new bicycle. The savings in legal fees will be more than enough to buy a replacement.
Someone has a superiority complex don't they? An animal is a living breathing thing. Nothing like a bicycle.
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