Posted on 09/05/2005 4:38:17 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Such emotional scenes were repeated perhaps thousands of times along the Gulf Coast last week as pet owners were forced to abandon their animals in the midst of evacuation.
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What a great set of pics!
Thank you. I don't hate animals. I just accept that they don't carry the same value as people and, when in an emergency rescue situation, they can't be given priority.
But you can't have a rational discussion with some pet lovers the same way you can't have a rational discussion with liberals. They just get all emotional and call you heartless and mean.
Thanks for the info. I'm going to look into these orgs. I'm doing a benefit concert in a couple of weeks and we're still selecting organizations.
Good for you and Homer! A couple months after my elderly dogs passed away (and despite my intention to be pet-less), I soon adopted from a dog rescue organization a perky little dog who'd been scheduled to be euthanized one morning but they forgot her, a hound whose family had to leave him behind when moving (which I can't understand), and now a big lovable shepherd mix who'd been abandoned in a pet shelter for several years and who wants nothing more than constant petting and attention! If evacuation was ever needed, they'd be put into the SUV first. God bless those people rescuing dogs and other animals in NO and everywhere else!
Greta van Sistern last night had a story about an elderly lady and her dog who were finally taken out of her house in New Orleans. She evacuated on a boat and then was shown being walked to a waiting plane or bus by a cop who had her by the arm. The cop had her dog on a leash behind him. The poor fifteen year old dog who appeared to be extremely arthritic tried desperately to keep up with the pair who were walking rather quickly. Finally, the poor old fellow gave out and collapsed and fell over. The cop seemed oblivious; he just kept on walking with the dog literally being dragged along behind him on his side across the tarmac. Everyone in my house was screaming at the t.v. for the cop to stop and for someone to pick up the dog. His owner perhaps was too shell shocked to know what was going on. She paid no attention to her dog who apparently had been her companion for fifteen years. It was heartbreaking. He probably ended up being left behind.
Nah,
I see you have a different perspective.
I know me. I know that the absolute horror of knowing my pets were dying after I was rescued would be beyond hell.
I can understand where they are coming from. They know their limits. And there are some things you know will cripple your heart.
I agree; that would probably be the best, although not very pleasant. I don't have to worry about that situation with a hurricane, my main worry is the nuclear power plant 15 miles from my house...
Unless someone owns an ocelot or bobcat, cats can be held in a person's lap on the bus. And most dogs aren't too big for the ride. The rescue personnel were being petty.
And, as one poster already pointed out, many people who live alone rely on pets as companions.
Perhaps someday you will end up just like one of those old people who have lost everything and have nothing. Don't whine! Because I can guarantee you that no one will care what happens to you since you have no empathy for others.
We really do. She had cancer this past year and we had her operated on. She got so thin and weak I thought it was the end. So we spoiled her totally. Then she got better. Now she still expects 2am feedings, tuna mixed with her food, treats from the table and to be allowed to sit on the stereo. And of course, we indulge her.
Now now penowa... that's not fair, or kind hearted.
I can understand people who think it's important to remind everyone that animals are not as important as people, as if we need to be told that.
Fortunately for many of us, we can see that there is seldom need to make such a clear and obvious choice of one over the other. I bet we will find the ability to save both people and their pets if that is our goal.
To force a choice is to leave both the saved person and the abandoned animal to a harsh cruelty that didn't have to be. The whole "choice" scenario is a straw man.
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I would have put my dogs in the our truck and been long gone at the mention that Katrina was heading our way.
I missed nothing.
You obviously missed that my step-daughter and her six children flee everytime there is a major threat.
"We thought it would turn" is what one does to explain why they pour out old wine - not an excuse to sit in a house when catastrophe strikes.
Perhaps some grandmother somewhere dies because the previous rescuee insisted on bringing their collie and their boxer along with them so there was no room on the chopper to swing by and get the old lady.
There have to be priorities in an emergency rescue. Priorities is another word for "choices".
Talk about choice....On Fox now, a lady with a Chow saying that she would like to leave but she just can't leave her beloved dog....her dog is all she has left to love
The reason they hold pets so dear is that our culture throws old people away and ignores them.
That's a fact.
It's a fictional example. You want to make up scenarios where there's a choice, when most times, there probably isn't.
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