Rescuers sometimes an Animals worst Enemy

Recently there has been an email argument because some people who call themselves animal rescuers want to protest an event that is all about people who assist Animals and their rescuers.

This seems STUPID to me. So I pointed out that it is the infighting that continues to allow animals to die a needless death. Because Animal Rescuers are sometimes an Animals WORST ENEMY.

The sheer numbers alone says that Animal Rescuers if united would be stronger in numbers than the NRA (national rifle association) but instead Animal Rescuers continue to shoot themselves in the foot and stick the needle in the animals they SAY they are trying to rescue. If Animal Rescuers EVER united they would be a stronger lobby than the NRA. But NO, because Animal Rescuers CHOOSE to allow the differences to divide them, which in turn allows them to be splintered fractions of spinning wheels and voiceless voices falling on alone in a forest of voices arguing against each other. Splintered they will never have the voice they COULD have united.

They just do not get that. And the sad thing is some say it is because Animal Rescuers are predominately women, who let their emotions rule and their steadfast stubborness allows animals to continue to die.

I say in the NRA all members do not necessarily agree on all things. Automatic, licensing etc. But they don't have to. They just need to agree on one thing. Just one, tiny, itsy bitsy thing. That is all.

Animal Rescuers just do NOT GET THAT. One thing they could all agree on, to STOP the killing of domestic pets in Animal Shelters. Start there. Agree on that. Agree to disagree on the rest and the how. Then use the power of smaller groups to fix each citys pet overpopulation problem.

What would happen if there was a National Animal Rescuers lobby? And all the rescuers subscribed to put aside all the this's and that's to just do one thing. Stop the killing. Yes, the shelters would back up. Maybe if the shelters backed-up it would FORCE the citys to do some innovative thinking about how to CURB the problem.

And if the city's smaller groups said... okay here they all are... all the animals. Now what? And some citys would say we have to euthanize/kill the unadoptable pets.

Everyone LOVES Best Friends, but have you ever read the fine print? They specifically did not create a "no Kill" plan, they created a "no more homeless pets" plan. The word Pets implies a LOT. A pet is one that can get along in a family, that leaves the aggressive animals to be allowed to be euthanize. Now SOME rescuers would not agree. So then the citys can figure that out on their own.

So maybe Warren Eckstein was right when he made his grandiose statement to STOP THE KILLING in LA Animal Shelters. I was the first to say, where then would you put all those animals, some 6000 a week (or is it a month) that are euthanized in LA, where would they go, you would be warehousing them, and that is not healthy for the animals.

But I think, as I recall, he said, it would FORCE the city to do SOMETHING instead of kill. When backed into a corner, yup, you have to punt and maybe the punting would be a better solution.

So... here we are... we need a National Animal Rescuers lobby. And the focus would be one thing. Stop the killing.

So what if there was a National Law that said Animal Shelters could not kill. It could even be a memoritorium, until this craziness of the DISPOSABLE PETS we have now ceases to exist. Would we let them euthanize wounded animals, or aggressive? Let you and your city decide. Let you and your local rescue groups decide. Can you handle the inflow of all those animals. Are you just being lazy in not trying hard enough to find good homes for the animals?

I think if this were our reality the first thing that would happen was to look to the LARGEST reason for the overpopulation problem, BACK YARD BREEDERS. People who allow their pet to have puppies and kittens. From what I have read, they are the MAJORITY of the problem. Hum, how do reach them???

You pass a law and say the shelter cannot kill any more animals. And let that hit the news. And let the anchors say... this is what it means to you. Get your pet fixed. Or if you are found to have puppies or kittens you get a steep fine. Not just a slap on the wrist fine. Come on, stop playing footsy with the public. A steep until it hurts really bad fine. That is where grassroots Animal Rescuers come in...report those people. And make Animal Control Officers be a 24 hour 7 day a week Patrol like the Police. This Part Time crap is killing our pets. You call and make a report, the MIGHT get there in the next couple of days. And STOP playing FOOTSY with the public, if you break a spay neuter law those STEEP fines can pay for the ACO's.

And breeders won't like this but they are making a living off those animals. Their permits to breed should be increased significantly. THEY MUST microchip and pay a tax on each and every animal. And those who BUY those animals should NEVER be allowed to breed them. Period. Whoops they have a REALLY POWERFUL LOBBY. BUT WHO could STOP THEM???? A National Animal Rescuers Lobby. Maybe then, the AKC and UKC will take stock of their members and for the sake of bloodlines, supplement those TRULY reputable breeders.

So then, where will all the mutts go? Will mutts go away? Will we be left with a land of purebred this and that. Yeah, right. Like this will all happen overnight. When people become responsible again lift the memortorium.

And if Joe Blow says we are infringing on his rights to have a pet, LET HIM EUTHANIZE ALL the animals needed to be euthanized to keep our over population problem in check. Joe Blow is letting the City do all the dirty work. And it has to stop.

But it cannot stop until all the Animal Rescuers stop the infighting long enough to be one voice for one moment in time.