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Originally Posted by SunnyKayak
local pet shelters and rescues
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Just a terrific well worked on list, Sunny. Great job! Now, all those who want to make a change, simply go for it. Plenty of contact information now. I'm sure many, if not all, have loads of information to help anyone wanting to help others caring for animals to get involved.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
It is hard to be an animal lover ANYWHERE.
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Huh? Confused! Same with the OP. It's easy to be an animal lover. It's hard to love owners who mistreat their animals, aka pets.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
I don't think NC is any different from any other place when it comes to how animals are treated.
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I second that. NC is not exclusive nor should be singled out, really. Not that the OP really meant for NC to be the only state with issues. Animal cruelty is a national...
correction... world issue.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
I probably treat my dog better than most people treat their families; however, I consider my dog a family member.
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That's usually the case with animal lovers. And I respect that. I've been a dog lover for ages, but even our cats have distinct personalities that make them family members. I swear, they truly sense the different emotions we go through and respond differently depending on what is exuded.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
Putting down animals is not a pretty site regardless of how it is done.
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Nope. That's a fact. Though putting down animals in the most painless of means, ideally through injection (at least for now until they come up with something better), is what humans must strive for since domesticated animals were domesticated in the first place for our personal human desires. We owe animals that dignity and respect.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
I have had to hold dogs in my arms while they were injected with so called humane drugs. It hurts real bad.
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I have not yet personally experienced a painful euthanasia by injection, but I would never rule it out. I'm sure there must be better methods that have not yet even been created yet. However, I'm sure there are many different types of drugs that are used and some, I'm sure, are still painful. And, if they are, they must be banned.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
People who treat an animal badly will never change.
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Seems like it. Though, the word never is strong. I'm sure some ignorant humans can change with the proper amount of education and empathy, if not sympathy.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
Because a person houses his dog in a pen or dog house does not make him uncaring or cruel.
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Depends on the size of the dog and the size of the pen and for how long they are kept in that pen.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
My dog and all of my animals eat with us sleep with us and LIVE WITH US.
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That sounds terrific. For you, of course. Our cats hang out with us during gestation (probably because they sense we are rather soothed and calm) and, fortunately, are not begging at the dinner table. Though we care not for our cats, or dogs, to sleep with us on the bed. It's really the hair thang. Bleck!
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Originally Posted by njprintman
Some folks think we are crazy. It's just how we are.
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But it definitely appears they are loved and well cared. Great job!
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Originally Posted by njprintman
The people of NC and other states are not animal abusers and uncaring.
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Huh? Not all, of course, but certainly some if not many. That's just humans for you.
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Originally Posted by njprintman
You gotta worry about the Michael Vicks of this country.
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Well, you gotta worry about the type of people that do things that Michael Vicks is being accused of partaking. Sorry, even though the media provided evidence makes it clear that there is guilt, I'm an avid "Guilty until proven Innocent" kind of guy (that's just me, but that stance certainly served me and others well during the Duke LaCrosse case
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