[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Please take a moment and read....Michigan is one of the worst places to be a shelter dog!
- From: Dawn Restuccia <windwych@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thelist <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Arcturus <Arcturus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 04:36:43 -0800 (PST)
While I am very pleased to hear of the excellent response you had from this one
shelter, it is an unfortunate truth that there are others who summarily
surrender any dog over the weight of 25 pounds to laboratories and many, many
more in Michigan and other states who do participate in this reprehensible act.
The problem lies with the state laws even more than with the individual
shelters. The pound seizure law there needs to be repealed
nationwide....period. That would prohibit ANY shelter from giving their dogs
and cats to class B dealers or laboratories...which IMHO is a fate far worse
than death.
There are even companies who breed "Purpose Bred Hounds" for experimentation....
imagine sweet little pups brought into the world specifically for use in a
laboratory because of their easy going nature...deliberately brought into the
world to suffer a life of pain and anguish....I cannot wrap my mind around this
and cannot fathom what type of "human being" would engage in this heinous act.
I have spoken to literally more than 100 ACO's/shelter directors nationally.
There are MANY who are truly dedicated to the animals in their care and will go
that extra mile to help an animal get to safety. They should be applauded for
their efforts in what is a particularly difficult job given the level of
finances usually allocated to the local shelter. There have also been the odd
ACO who informed me that they do in fact sell their animals to labs in order to
raise funds. What a tragedy for the unfortunate GSD who may land there....
Dawn
Dawn Restuccia, Pres.
Last Hope, Safe Haven Inc.
501c3 non profit charity
Lasthopesafehaven.com
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--- On Tue, 1/6/09, Arcturus <Arcturus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Arcturus <Arcturus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Please take a moment and read....Michigan is one of
the worst places to be a shelter dog!
To: "thelist" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, windwych@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 4:48 PM
Actually, I got a call from a shelter in Mich. several months ago. A dog I had
purchased from Canada 9 years ago, and whom I had sold 7 years ago, turned up in
one of thier shelters. He was microchipped which is how they found me. They
could not have been nicer to me. They held the dog until I could make
arrangements to get out there for him, then arranged for one of thier volunteers
to meet us in Flint instead at the upper end of the state. I was concerned about
brucillous (sp?) since I had no idea how he even ended up in Mich. or where he
had been. They did the bloodwork for me at the reduced cost the vet. hospital
did it for them. They worked with us every step of the way so we could get him
back here in Pa. He was in pretty bad shape when someone dropped him off at the
shelter and they were so concerned about him they sent a whole 40 lb. of dog
food along because he was doing so well on it. The dog is 9 years old and while
he looks his age and then some he has come around and will live the rest of his
years here with us.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Restuccia"
<windwych@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "gsd" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 2:12 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Please take a moment and read....Michigan is one of the
worst places to be a shelter dog!
> This is the fate of many shelter dogs; some of them purebred
> GSDs as evidenced by the accompanying picture that I wasunable to print.
Please see if your area is listed here and ifit is, please contact your local
Congressman/Senator/Mayoror any government official and proclaim your anger and
> distaste. Practices such as this should be banned nationally.Dawn
>
> Pound Seizure: The Shame of
> Shelters
> The public and private pounds and shelters of the United
> States were established to care for homeless animals, for both humane
and
> public health reasons. Some are brought to the shelters by guardians
who
> can no longer keep them but usually hope that they are adopted.
Others are
> brought in by concerned individuals, police or animal control
officers.
> These animals have been abandoned by their families, have run away
from
> home, or have simply gotten lost. While shelters sometimes take in
other
> animals, most of their charges are dogs, cats, puppies and kittens,
almost
> all of them former companion animals or their offspring.
>
> Pound Seizure Defined
> Pound seizure means that animals who arrive in a pound our
> shelter and who are not claimed by former or new guardians within a
> specified time limit, which may be as short as a day or so, are
required
> by law to be turned over on demand to laboratories for
experimentation.
> The ultimate fate of these animals is inevitably death.
> Pound Seizure is illegal in England, Denmark, Sweden and
> Holland. In the United States there is no federal law regarding pound
> seizure, but 14 states forbid it. Pound seizure is
> not illegal in Michigan and is practiced in many counties and the
city of
> Detroit.
>
> Pound Seizure Problems
> Animal protection organizations object strongly to pound
> seizure and for good reason. Animals who were once well-loved
companions
> suffer the double blow of living in a laboratory cage, as well as
feeling
> the loss of their human friends. Families experience the anguish of
> knowing that a lost animal or one they have given up may have been
killed
> in a painful experiment. In communities that allow or enforce pound
> seizure, people often choose to abandon on the street or in a field,
> animals they cannot keep, rather than send them on their way to a
> laboratory via the local animal control facility, thus adding to the
> problem of homeless strays. Some animal control facilities have been
known
> to quickly sell their healthiest and most adoptable wards to a
laboratory
> rather than adopt them to a new home.
>
> What You Can Do
> If you live in a county or city that practices pound
> seizure, contact your local humane society (previous screen) to see
if
> their is any current initiative to stop the practice. If there is no
local
> movement to stop pound seizure in your community, but you are
interested
> in halting the sale of former pet and stray animals to animal dealers
or
> research facilities e-mail us at: harriss@xxxxxxxxxxx for more
information.
>
>
> Additional Pound Seizure Information
>
>
> Where is Pound Seizure-Pound Release
> practiced in Michigan?
> Counties with Pound Seizure/Pound
> Release (as of November 2001)
>
> Clinton
>
> Gratiot
>
> Ingham
>
> Jackson
>
> Kent¹
>
> Mecosta
>
> Midland
>
> Montcalm
>
> Montmorency
>
> Osceola
>
> Shiawassee
>
> St. Joseph
>
> Tuscola
> Cities that Practice Pound
> Seizure-Pound Release
>
> Detroit¹
>
> Ecorse-River Rouge
>
> Inkster
> Townships
>
> Huron
>
> Sumpter
> (Both in Wayne County)
> ¹Only release to Michigan research
> labs
> Who and where are these "class B
> research animal dealers?
>
> Hodgins Kennels, Howell
>
> Cheri-Hill Kennels, Stanwood
>
> R&R Research, Howard City
>
>
> States that PROHIBIT Pound Seizure
> 1. Connecticut
> 2. Delaware
> 3. Hawaii
> 4. Maine
> 5.
> Maryland
> 6. Massachusetts
> 7. New Hampshire
> 8. New Jersey
> 9.
> Pennsylvania
> 10. Rhode Island
> 11. Vermont
>
>
>
>
>
> Dawn Restuccia, Pres.
> Last Hope, Safe Haven
> Donations may be made to:
> Paypal via windwych@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
>
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