Yes, you are right about some people not wanting to be educated, but my hope is that it will become frowned upon by many more people to be ignorant about animals. I have a neighbor who has a bunch of cats, has never taken one to a vet, the cats are outdoor cats who eat leftovers from dinner every other day. I have talked with her many times about how fast cats reproduce and that they have worms and fleas, both of which humans can get. A couple of times she has told me that she was thinking of having cats fixed, but she never gets around to it. I decided that I had three choices. I could do something about it myself, take the cats that I could catch and have them euthanized or sit by and do nothing, like so many other neighbors have done for years. I have chosen to do something about it in the hopes that in telling her all of the things I am doing for her cats, it would spark her to start to help out with them, afterall they are HER cats. I have fixed, given shots to, wormed and
deflead 17 cats in the past year and she still feeds them leftovers every other day and that is it. In her little world, this is ok. I am not as forceful as I should be in telling her that it isn't ok at all. I really think that if more of the neighbors looked down on her for taking such crappy care of her animals, it would spur her into doing something. That would be where the education would come in there. Especially educating kids who will come home and tell their parents that they are scum wads for having the dog chained out or for not taking care of the cats. I really do have hope that one day people will think it a privilege to own a pet, not something that is taken for granted.
It is great that your government cares about the animals. In the states the gov't doesn't do anything about mass animal abuse, such as puppymills and class b dealers, because it would be taking away the poor peoples source of income and we can't do that, in other
words screw the animals as long as the people are making money. I have a lot of ideas of how things could change with one or two minor things being done. Raise the licence fee of intact dogs, not the whopping $15 that they do in my county, but raise it to the cost of a spay or neuter and many people, who should not be breeding will choose the spay or neuter.
I could go on and on, but won't right now. It is really great to hear that other countries are looking into what can be done about large scale animal abuse, maybe in another 100 years the U.S. will follow suit.
Oh yeah, in better news, it looks like Estee, one of my labradoodle girls will be going to her new home on sunday. We are going to go check them out and if they like Estee (I can't imagine who wouldn't) and their dogs like Estee then it is a done deal and I will be crying over it for days. I have a standard poodle
puppy who was also surrendered with 8 others from a puppymill, ready to come in, so I don't think I will have a lot of time to cry over missing Estee.
Abbie
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EddyAnne4 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
G'day, Eddy here.Abbie mentioned:-<<<< I still have high hopes that one day every animal will have a loving home and the only way that will ever happen is through education! >>>>The reality is that for one reason or another some do NOT want to be educated. In Australia more State and Local authorities are realising this as problems still persist as they have for years, and why gradually new laws are appearing in an attempt to address the problems.Take for example in my state compulsory microchiping will be in effect in January 2007, prior to this we have had compulsory id tags and compulsory registration for all dogs over 3 months of age. Money obtained from compulsory registrations was used in various ways like paying for better pounds/shelters, paying for various education programs including the "Pets For Schools Program", and provide staff wages for the pounds/shelters and even wages for additional staff to enforce compulsory registrations with systematic and random "door-knock-checks" at resident's homes, and yes some have been known to not only check dogs and their facilities but also check things like appropriate fencing which maybe enforced by some local "building construction law". Anyway, here is an example of a notice of what soon was to happen in this locality and it did happen, via this document in PDF format:-Also gradually more local authorities are imposing limits on how many dogs one can have, say usually only allow 2 dogs on residential zone properties and 5 dogs on rural zoned properties, and if you want more you MUST obtain a permit which in some cases is refused particularly if with the applicant there have been problems in the past. Yes there have been refusals even in cases like this as an example where a person who lived on a Rural Zone was served with an enforcement order to reduce their dogs from 55 to 5 or face prosecution, and that person was planing to extend to 150-250 dogs, the person disagreed with the local authority and took the matter to a higher state authority, well this explained what happened and document in PDF format:-Here is something interesting which came into effect in this authorities jurisdictional area and yes they have done extensive "door-knock-checks" in the past, and the below gives an idea of this interesting thing and the process, and the below copied from this address:-Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
HAVE YOUR SAY: YAY OR NAY?
Proposed 'De-Sexing' Amendment to Local Laws
Mornington Peninsula Shire is being actively encouraged by Victorias premier animal welfare bodies to amend its Local Laws and to introduce requirements for de-sexing dogs and cats.
The Shire is seeking community views on the proposed Amendment. Residents are invited to lodge written objections or support on the issue.
The proposed amendment aims to reduce the huge number of unwanted pets that are put-down each year by animal shelters and welfare bodies. De-sexing dogs and cats can help to reduce issues such as animal aggression, wandering, lost pets, cats spraying and killing wildlife, unreasonable noise, back yard breeding, animal injuries and disease, plus animal welfare and cruelty problems.
The proposed new Local Laws could require dogs and cats less than 10 years of age to be de-sexed before they can be sold or given away. (Dogs and cats are unlikely to reproduce after they reach 10 years of age.) It is also proposed that anybody owning a cat over three months of age will need to have it de-sexed. Kittens may conceive at just three months of age and have their first litter at five months of age. A cat can potentially be the original source for thousands of cats within a few years.
The proposed amendments will not affect people who already own a dog that has not been de-sexed prior to any new Local Laws being adopted. It will not affect any dog owner unless they are selling or giving away puppies.
The proposed exceptions to the de-sexing requirements include people who are members of recognised animal organizations, such as the Victorian Cat Fancy or the Victorian Canine Association; proprietors of registered Domestic Animal Businesses for breeding; as well as those people who apply for a Local Laws Permit and can demonstrate they are planning to breed responsibly (which may also mean complying with requirements of the State Government's breeding Code of Practice).
Animal Shelters and animal welfare groups are already required by State law to de-sex dogs and cats prior to selling them, however pet-shops are not. The proposed amendment to the Shires Local Laws would address these anomalies between pet shops and animal welfare groups within the Mornington Peninsula.
The proposed amendment can in the long-term be expected to have a preventative role to play in addressing the numerous dog complaints received by the Shire each year. In the last 12 months the Mornington Peninsula Shire has received complaints concerning 244 Dog Attacks, 182 Dog Rushes, 114 Dog Worries, and 822 Dogs At Large, and there may have been many others not reported.
The Cat Crisis Coalition is lobbying the Victorian Government to amend its existing legislation to provide for the compulsory de-sexing of all cats in Victoria, except those used for licensed breeding - to reduce the number of unwanted cats The RSPCA put down 32,000 unwanted cats in the last 12 months.
HAVE YOUR SAY:
Mornington Peninsula residents are encouraged to communicate their support or objections in regard to this proposed amendment of the Local Laws by writing to:
Mornington Peninsula Shire
Attention: Mark Howells
Private Bag 1000
Rosebud Victoria 3939
Or by E-mail to:
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Submissions close on 11 August 2005
Eddy Safianski
Sale Victoria. Australia
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