[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Should Animals Have Rights? 2/4 NPR
- From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx>
- To: The List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:08:41 -0800
On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Stormy Hope wrote:
> I really tried to keep my hands off the keyboard!
>
> NO! Animals do NOT have rights for ANYThing. We, as humans have
> the RESPONSIBILITY to care about life, whether human or animal. We
> have the responsibility to care for humans who are starving, abused,
> tortured then to look further toward the animals. Animals do not
> have 'rights,' but we as caring humans have the responsibility to
> watch over their welfare and protect them from those who are
> marketing "rights" as a tool for donations. Promoting animal abuse
> for financial gain is evil.
>
> I think I better go to bed
>
>
> stormy
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Paula Cooke wrote:
>
>> I said NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL, about inhumane treatment animals,
>> children, or women.. The term "animal rights" implies a legal,
>> enforceable freedom of will. Animals do NOT have the ability to
>> appreciate rights of any kind. ARistas do not want them to be
>> owned and compares dog ownership to human slavery. There is NO
>> comparison.
>>
>> That was the purpose of my tongue-in-cheek post!!
>>
>> When you lecture me about abuse, believe me, my hackles are up and
>> you ARE preaching to the choir!!
>>
>> Paula, 253 days and counting
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: Dawn Restuccia <windwych@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: pcooke212@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: gsd <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Should Animals Have Rights? 2/4 NPR
>> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:33:07 -0800 (PST)
>>
>> All animals should be accorded the right to humane treatment, food,
>> water and shelter. This includes those who we raise for human
>> consumption as well. They are supposed to be given those rights at
>> this point under the law; but the laws and those who enforce them
>> are failing them miserably. ACO's are not adequately trained to
>> look for signs of animal abuse, and in some instances there is just
>> not enough staff to enforce the law or the law is written far too
>> vaguely. A barrel on its side can possibly be construed as
>> "shelter", yet none of us here would consider that adequate for ANY
>> dog. Dogs living tethered on 6 foot chains for years could hardly
>> be considered "humane" living conditions yet, nothing is done for
>> the animal who waits patiently for some sliver of human attention
>> from those who are charged to care for it.
>> I know its a "slippery slope"...and yes, we have dominion over the
>> beasts..but we have lost our humanity with regard to how we care
>> for those who are less able to defend themselves. And in that
>> light, perhaps we NEED something akin to the Division of Children
>> and Families for dogs. After all, a dog is no more able to speak
>> for itself than a child is...it just happens to have four feet and
>> fur. (and for those who are horrified at my comparison of a dog to
>> a child, I have SIX...count em...SIX kids..and I love my dogs just
>> as much as I love those kids..IMHO love does not know the
>> difference between two feet and four)
>> Dawn
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