These people worried about the cats scratching furniture, soiling carpets, etc. should watch "My Cat From Hell". After seeing a couple of shows, i came to the same conclusion, the cat isn't the problem, the PEOPLE are. This guy really knows cats. He has all 7 of mine pegged to the smallest detail. Followed his advise and it works, especialy the Clicker.
---- Marcia <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow Lee! I love u!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 25, 2012, at 9:43 PM, Lee Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The problem with euthanasia for pets is that most people will use it for > > their own convenience. I have seen this happen several times and it's > > really terrible but there is no crime in killing an animal. We do this > > every day to eat them, for sport, as trophies or just because we don't want > > them any more. They don't match the new sofa or they might scratch the new > > sofa. I have a cat rescued from the vet clinic when the woman I was > > sitting next to who had a lovely white male cat in a carrier told me she > > was having him euthanized because he was an outside cat and it was too much > > trouble to call him in at night. Another woman brought in her two older > > cats, lovely Maine Coon mixes, obviously still full of life to have them > > "put to sleep" because she and her husband were going on a world tour. And > > a third woman was getting married and her husband to be hated cats so off > > went her 8 year old Persian mix. Well, not exactly off. I adopted the > > white cat. I still have him. He tested FIV+ because the woman had not > > bothered to neuter him as a teen. He's in my little FIV+group, perfectly > > happy to be indoors. The world tour people left their cats at the vet > > clinic and one of the techs adopted them and the idiot who was marrying a > > cat hater never knew that her cat was adopted by one of the secretaries at > > the vet clinic. But these success stories happened because I was there and > > convinced the technician and the secretary that death was unfair to the > > cats and they agreed. > > > > Veterinary medicine is still for the benefit of the "owner". Animals are > > considered property rather than individuals with the right to having a > > caregiver and the right to their own lives. We choose not to see the > > suffering of a truly terminally ill companion animal because we don't want > > to feel the pain of the loss. We choose not to see how unethical it is to > > kill millions of cats and dogs because there are "too many" around or they > > are positive for some disease that they do not have at the present time and > > may never actually come down with or any number of other reasons we use to > > murder non-human animals. > > > > Everyone will eventually die. It's a bad plan but we had no say in it. > > However, the idea that we have to kill animals because they might die of > > this or that is not ethical. The idea that a human is so precious that we > > keep him or her alive way past reason is equally illogical and unethical. > > I don't have any answers so I try to use logic. I don't euthanize for > > convenience. I allow maximum care for my rescued cats, for my FeLv+ cats > > and my FIV+ cats. I watch to see if their lives have gone beyond the limit > > of being useful to them, not to me and then I accept the pain it will cause > > me and allow them to pass on. I don't tell myself fairy tales about where > > they go. I miss them and I accept the grief knowing that they are no > > longer in pain or distress. > > > > > > Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty > > neighbors too! > > > > > > From: MaiMaiPG <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:46 PM > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Deciding-when-a-pet-has-suffered-enough > > > > With those beliefs, please check into a Do Not Resuscitate Order. LWs are > > great but stopping something once it is started is difficult. A DNR can > > help keep measures from being started. > > On Sep 25, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Lorrie wrote: > > > > > Absolutely Edna..... It is positively cruel to keep people alive > > > when they are suffering and there is no recovery in sight. The > > > only states that allow doctor assisted suicide are Oregon, Wash. > > > and Montana. It can't happen in my state of WV. Dr. Kevorkian was > > > my hero. I'll be 80 my next birthday and it terrifies me to think > > > of not being able to end my life when I'm ready. I've signed a > > > Living Will requesting NO heroic measures, if I'm terminal, but > > > sometimes they keep you alive anyway. > > > > > > Lorrie > > > > > > alive-25, Edna Taylor wrote: > > >> personally, I think we should do this for people too, end their > > >> suffering. What quality of life does someone have who simply lays in > > >> bed in a vegetative state? Who are we keeping that person alive for? > > >> to what end? If it were me, and I had some life ending disease or > > >> accident, I would want my husband to use what money we had, go out and > > >> get as much booze and coke as he could get and let me go out with a > > >> bang ;) But then again, that is just my opinion ;) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
