Reigning Cats and Dogs: A Pleasant Surprise

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

A Pleasant Surprise

In the midst of all the sad little ads on Kijiji trying to give away pets ... the ads for the four and five and six year old and older good cats and dogs .... in the midst of all the excuses .... the newfound allergies and moving and every other imaginable tale of 'woe' ....the kittens and puppies that were born because nobody spayed the mothers ..... there is a refreshingly different ad : Wanted: looking for a medium size cat carrier
Someone is moving to Toronto at the end of the month and WANTS to bring their cat with them.
So if anyone in the HRM area has a cat carrier they don't need ... email these folks who are moving and want to take their cat with them. (The address on the ad is Windmill Road in Dartmouth )
On a day when I've had to put all the dog leashes on my left wrist because it would seem that a couple of weeks ago I actually broke a couple of ribs when I fell, it was nice to see such a pleasant and unanticipated surprise for sure.

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BSL is NOT the Path to Public Safety because:

Many dogs are misidentified and consequently destroyed because of their apprearance
It is often difficult, even for experts, to determine the breed of a dog, particularly when considering mixed breed dogs
Breed -discrimination laws cause unintended hardship to responsible owners of friendly dogs who happen to fall within the regulated breed category
Breed -discriminatory laws compromise public safety by requiring officers to enforce regulations on dogs who may or may not be dangerous, instead of investing resources into proven, effective tactics that make the community safer
Every dog is an individual, with his or her own unique personality. A dog should be judged on temperment and not appearance.
The police and animal control will lose the public's trust by seizing and killing pets simply because of their appearance
Studies of pre and post-breed-ban dog bite rates in the United Kingdom and Spain concluded that their breed discriminatory laws had no effect whatsoever on reducing dog bites.
Italy recently revoked its breed restrictions, stating that the ban had no scientific justification.
Closer to home, Calgary has the lowest dog bite rates in 25 years without enacting breed discrimination.
Last but definitely not least, here in Nova Scotia it will create a conflict for any SPCA shelters who perform contractual work for animal control, given the SPCA official position of No Kill.