[ SHOWGSD-L ] Animal Cruelty......Can You Identify It?
- From: "Ginger Cleary" <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 18:19:38 -0500
Seen on another list....
ON WITH THE SHOW! ... THE "RIGHT" THING ... RON HEVENER
They were happy dogs, the two German Shepherds. They lived on a big
farm, with fields to roam, and laughing kids to play with. They had
fresh milk from the cows every day, and lots of interesting things to
stimulate their souls. They had a home, jobs that dogs are very good
at, and, most importantly, they were loved.
Working dogs are brave dogs. They chase cattle, they herd sheep, they
save travelers in Swiss mountains and they guard our property. So it
was, that one of the happy German Shepherds living on the big farm got
herself kicked by a horse and found herself landing smack in the
middle of the biggest mess anybody had ever seen.
It's not that anybody did anything particularly wrong. Indeed,
everyone involved seemed to be doing what they thought was right.
It's just that everybody seemed to have a different idea of what that
"right thing" actually was.
The farmer, trying to do the right thing, took his dog to the vet and
x-rays were taken.
Upon looking at the x-rays, the vet referred the farmer to a clinic
known for veterinarians with great surgical skills.
At the great clinic, the dog was examined, surgery was scheduled for a
few days later and as the farmer left for home, a staff member offered
pain killers in case the dog needed them. Thanks, but I'll just take
her home now, the farmer decided. Most farmers have such medications
on hand and so far she was handling things pretty well on her own.
Someone didn't agree. After the man left for home, the miffed and
self-righteous staffer called the local animal shelter and reported
him. Easy enough to do. After all, the poor dog needed pills and the
owner wouldn't buy them for her. Bad owner! He doesn't deserve to
have a dog and put her in such danger that she would be kicked by a
horse and be made to suffer, right?
Not long after he got home, a truck from the local humane shelter
rolled in the farmer's lane. "Animal cruelty!" they charged. Give us
your dog - or else!
Intimidated and unsure of his rights, he surrendered his dog.
"And what about that other one!" they cried.
They snatched him, too.
Distraught and unsure of what was happening or why, the owner called
his brother for help. The brother went to the animal shelter wanting
to know what was going on. He offered to adopt the dogs, but his
offer was refused.
Monday came ... time for surgery now.
When the owner didn't show up with his dog, the vet wanted to know
why.
"But, I don't have her anymore," the man said. "Right after I came
home from your office, they came and took my dog away."
Pleased with herself, the staffer at the clinic who turned him in
bragged about it and soon found herself being questioned by her
supervisors. Defiantly, she stood her ground and made it clear that
she knew better than they did what was right for the dog. She was
fired on the spot.
When it comes to animals, how could so many people have so many
different ideas about what is, and what isn't the right thing?
If animals could talk for themselves, is this what they would ask for?
Somehow, when it comes to a pair of lonely German Shepherds being
kidnapped from their family on a big farm and shoved into crates at a
loud, smelly humane shelter with a bunch of strangers ... I don't
think this is their idea of "the right thing."
Do you?
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"True animal lovers only want to live in peace and love their pets.
They would never dream up such laws. Hurting pet lovers this way is
heartless, crude and mean-spirited. Instead of preventing cruelty,
this is the very license for it." Ron Hevener - Author, "High Stakes"
www.RonHevener.com
Submitted by Ron Hevener's Publicist
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Ginger Cleary - Rome, GA www.rihadin.com <http://www.rihadin.com>
"Laws against something 'that other guy' does will eventually get US because
we are all someone's 'other guy.' " Walt Hutchens,2007
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