DEAD is NOT Better!

Ontario Shelter Manages Ringworm Outbreak with Death

 

YesBiscuit! does the current story justice so go read it and come on back.  It is the OSPCA that is euthanizing 350 animals for ringworm; for friggin' RINGWORM.  And do you know who the OSPCA is?  As lousy as my memory is, I knew that looked familiar and, yes, indeed, they've already been mentioned in one of my blog entries: "here we have one humane organization (THS) that apparently didn’t have the resources for proper animal care and in swoops another humane organization (OSPCA) that apparently doesn’t have the resources to properly care for the animals and they’re the ones who were supposed to be stupervising the other group of dimwits."

But now, and now, I have to give a little reminder about and update on THS.  "The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals raided the headquarters of the THS on Nov. 26 and charged five senior staff — including the agency’s former president, chief veterinarian and general manager — with animal cruelty following a six-month investigation."  But their doors are open again!  Aren't you thrilled for all the animals who land there?

But then I guess it could be worse.  They could land at an OSPCA facility to be killed for simple friggin' RINGWORM.  There were about 1,000 animals in the THS shelter when OSPCA shut them down.  WTF happened to those animals?  Were they summarily executed?

"Both the THS and the OSPCA are no stranger to fighting publicly like cats and dogs."  OBVIOUSLY!!!  These 2 groups are so busy pissing on each other that the animals aren't getting cared for.

Of course, the animals could get shipped to a the the PSPCA where a ringworm outbreak would result in a "garage sale" of animals, dispersing the ringworm widely into the community.

I just started my little tirade about how they are using allegations of parasites to seize and forfeit animals.  Of course, those animals will end up in shelters like these where diseases can and do run rampant regularly because these twits haven't got a clue how to care for animals.  Even if the animals are in less than optimal situations, these jackasses have no business taking them from owners to toss them into worse circumstances!

Good grief, we KNOW that 1/3 of Barbara Hoffman's animals were euthanized within hours of being seized for common respiratory illness in the cats and apparently for "good measure" in the case of the fowl that were killed.  I'm pretty sure that over half of the USGE animals died in the hands of SPCA of Texas and they clearly shipped off rodents to and with snakes and I still suspect those rodents became snake food.

These are just a handful of example that come readily to hand.  There aren't enough hours in the day to make even a blurb entry for all the neglect, abuses, and convenience killing committed by alleged animal "saviors".

DEAD is NOT better than a less than perfect home!  DEAD is NOT better than having a common respiratory infection!  DEAD is NOT better than isolation to determine H1N1 or other potential illness in fowl!  50%+ DEAD is NOT better than the normal (and much lower) death rate in commercial pet enterprises!  Tossed into a shelter to be exposed to rampant disease infestation is NOT better than a less than perfect home!  Abused or neglected by strangers is NOT better than a less than perfect home!

Am I the only one who wonders if these groups should be entrusted with animals at all?  Am I the only one who wants to scream WTF?????

Every single one of these SPCAs and Humane Societies needs to be absolutely transparent.  Every single one that participates in any way with seized/forfeited animals needs to be so transparent that they post public website updates on the intake and disposition of every single animal seized and the very minimum we should expect is that each animal will be immediately place in BETTER circumstances from where they were removed with ZERO tolerance for convenience killing or incompetent care.

You NPOs want to play LEO?  Then I DEMAND you cough up the same information you would have to cough up if you were a part of the government!  In fact, as essentially contracted by the government for law enforcement purpose, I think you ARE required to do that!!!  Let the SUN shine!  These NPOs want to claim expertise and then act like amateurs behind closed doors; claim privacy after they've violated the privacy and rights of private citizens.  We must say NO MORE of that CRAP.

Should SPCA have resources before confiscating?  HELL YES.  Should any shelter have resources and place any animal in conditions better than those from whence it came?  HELL YES.  Otherwise, keep your paws OFF other people's animals!!!

Yes, I know.  I'm repeating myself.  And I'm going to keep right on repeating and screaming because this is just plain WRONG.

HSUS, PETA, and the ASPCA collect bucket loads of money and do virtually NOTHING to provide actual hands on care of animals.  Ingrid Newkirk was allegedly motivated to start PETA after a shelter euthanized animals she took in and after she  worked at a shelter helping to kill massive numbers of animals.  PETA has been responsible for more animal deaths than all the animal abusers collectively.  These groups see dead as preferable to nearly any form of life for animals.

DEAD is NOT better in the vast majority of cases.  These groups put their money into getting laws passed, then pushing for "enforcement".  What they push for is the seizure and forfeiture of animals for whom there is currently no better place and for whom they do not have resources to care for the animals and that means the animals are KILLED.  Killing is STILL what they do best.  With "friends" and advocates like that, animals don't need any enemies.

Have I mentioned ALDF?  Oh, yes, and recently with their founder's arrogance to quote Gandhi.  Make no mistake, the ALDF, Animal Legal Defense Fund, is PETA, HSUS, and ASPCA with law licenses bent on helping those groups kill more animals.  Before any of you ALDF types decide to flame me, remember that your intent does not overcome what a reasonable person should know.  When you point a gun at someone, it doesn't matter that your intent was to shoot a blank if the gun is loaded with real bullets.  You KNOW or should KNOW that the animals you seek to protect are more often than not KILLED, often after being confined to shelters where they have become ill and may well have been neglected or outright abused.  Every single one of you needs to scrub your hands and those of your compatriots before you dare set foot in a court seeking equity for any creature. 

There is NO equity in death over life with a respiratory illness, nor even a rather severe case of heartworms, let alone the vast majority of illnesses an animal may suffer.  I seriously question whether mandated death at the hands of a stranger is equitable over a natural death in the arms of one who has loved the animal.  And make no mistake, the majority of these illnesses are quite natural.  That we CAN treat or even prevent them does not mean that people should be mandated to do so under threat of losing their animals if they believe in their animals living more natural lives.

Who are you people to think you alone or even collectively decide what is humane?

Those of us who care about animals, want them to LIVE, must see these killers and abusers put out of business as quickly as possible so we can get down to the business of educating the public that all animals have the opportunity for a better life.

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