WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMANE?

 

MY MOM'S COMMENTARY!

- WHAT DOES HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS MEAN? TO ME IT MEANS COMPASSION, KINDNESS AND BEING CONSIDERATE IN THE TREATMENT OF OUR ANIMALS IN LIFE AND IN DEATH. 

- WHAT DOES ANIMAL SHELTER MEAN? TO ME IT MEANS A TEMPORARY HOME OR SANCTUARY TO KEEP DOGS, CATS AND OTHER ANIMALS SAFE UNTIL A FOREVER HOME CAN BE FOUND FOR THEM.

- WHAT DOES HUMANELY EUTHANIZE MEAN? TO ME IT MEANS TO GIVE REST TO A PET THAT IS TERMINALLY ILL AND SUFFERING OR IS TOO OLD TO GO ON WITH A QUALITY OF LIFE. WHEN IT COMES TO BEHAVIORAL ISSUES THE JURY IS OUT FOR ME. 

SADLY, I SEE THE FACES OF SO MANY DOGS AND EVEN PUPPIES THAT ARE POSTED ON THE INTERNET THAT ARE TO BE EUTHANIZED IF NOT ADOPTED OR RESCUED. TOO OFTEN THEIR CRIME IS DUE TO LENGTH OF STAY AND LACK OF SPACE FOR INCOMING DOGS. THEN THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE EUTHANIZED DUE TO BEHAVIORAL CONCERNS. (IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT AN ANIMAL'S BEHAVIOR CAN DETERIORATE AS A RESULT OF BEING IN A SHELTER).  I LOOK AT THEIR PICTURES AND I SEE HOPE IN THEIR EYES FOR A FOREVER HOME THAT MAY NEVER COME AND I AM DEEPLY SADDENED. SOME OF THE SHELTERS THAT COMMIT THESE "HUMANE EUTHANIZATIONS" ON A REGULAR BASIS ARE: NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CALIFORNIA, TEXAS (SAN ANTONIO, HOUSTON, FORT WORTH, DALLAS), FLORIDA (MIAMI DADE) AND THERE ARE MORE IN OUR COUNTRY. EVEN "NO KILL" SHELTERS CAN EUTHANIZE 10% OF THEIR ANIMAL POPULATION AND MAINTAIN IT'S "NO KILL" STATUS.

I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE A COUNTRY IN CRISIS NOT ONLY FOR US BUT ALSO REGARDING OUR ANIMALS! THERE ARE TOO MANY PUPPY MILLS AND BACKYARD BREEDERS, TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HARM OR KILL ANIMALS, TOO MANY SHELTERS THAT ARE UNDERSTAFFED OR MISMANAGED, TOO MANY IRRESPONSIBLE OWNERS WHO DO NOT SPAY OR NEUTER THEIR ANIMALS, AND TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO SURRENDER THEIR PETS BECAUSE "THEY ARE NOT A FIT FOR THEIR FAMILY" OR "I HAVE NO TIME FOR THEM"!!! I BELIEVE THAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS TO BECOME MORE HUMANE IN THE TREATMENT OF OUR ANIMALS, SO MORE ANIMAL LIVES CAN BE SAVED. SO LET'S START BY OPENING YOUR HOME AND YOUR HEARTS AND ADOPT, RESCUE AND FOSTER!

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated" ~ Gandhi

THANK YOU!

CHEW MAN'S MOM