I Am So Sick Of This!
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From: SmallFarmingUSA
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: dog_anti-rescue_anti-peta_new I Am So Sick Of This!
| Same here but IMO we have to USE THIS. There is a WIDE OPEN door here!!! The media is reporting stuff that plays into animal owners hands and I'm not sure people are even seeing it. 1. reports of three years ago the chimp bit someone. If that was a pitbull...?? Isn't that speciest?! 2. even more...look at reports of how this chimp was treated. Like a child. Later like a substitute spouse! She ate with him, "cuddled" with him at night, created a bond that came the expectation he was human. As many have said even here no matter how much some might view an animal as "part of the family" their reactions are ANIMAL. As a *chimp* his perception of this bond was it's his job to protect her and territory... This lady had her eyes torn out and 1/4 of her jaw ripped off. Her face was removed. This, removal of hands and feet is typical (not extraordinary) in chimp attacks *even on other chimps* (and for males ripping genetalia out is part of it too.) I don't see this as a reason to ban exotics...and if we let them focus on that we're losing more ground. Treating ANIMALS like HUMAN EQUALS is what made this happen! Sources that underscore this: STAMFORD, Conn. – Travis the chimpanzee's relationship with his owner was closer than those of some married couples. Sandra Herold gave him the finest food, and wine in long-stemmed glasses. They took baths together and cuddled in the bed they shared. Travis brushed the lonely widow's hair each night and pined for her when she was away.. If she left the house alone, Travis would give her a kiss. "If I left with someone Travis would get upset," Herold said Wednesday.. Experts say the unusually human relationship would have been confusing for any animal. It may have also played a role in Travis' savage attack Monday on Herold's friend, 55-year-old Charla Nash of Stamford. "This is a crazy relationship, And chimps like 14-year-old Travis, who was shot and killed by police, protect their mates and turf. "If there is another person entering his space, he might consider it a threat to his territory, or even his mate," Tello said. ************ The animal control is wringing their hands and saying in effect "we told her in 2003 something would happen" -- so in six YEARS there was nothing they did to prevent it? They require dog owners to do all kinds of things to prove we're worthy. Why is an animal smart enough to use keys to let himself out of the home exempt? I mean we can all sit here and say things to and eventually it'll happen...but the ACO wasn't concerned enough to do anything so why condemn now? How many chimps are kept as pets? Does anyone even know? We must license our dogs and even though the numbers are distorted it gives a count. This is a chance to show the consequences of treating animals as equals and as humans and expecting a human reaction from them. It doesn't work with dogs or horses or cats...or chimps that as they keep claiming are more like us than other animals. This should be a death blow for animal rights and keeping them as EQUALS. |
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Mandatory spay and neuter means pets must grow old and die without replacements. No more babies, no more pets in our homes. Stop it before it's nationwide. Sterile animals cannot replenish themselves. It's the "facts" of life.
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