We think its time to share this post again written by a friend in the Canadian rescue community as well as a blog post about foreign pet rescue.... Again we are dealing with dog shoots and oodles of stray dogs up north, never mind overflowing kill shelters here in Canada. Canadians live in blissful denial. Given I was having a bad day, I was, once again, composing stuff in my mind. I should note here that on top of bad ... more bad, one of the puppies (8 weeks old) which was to fly next weekend allegedly froze to death last night and another one was lost to the wolves Part of that composition was attempting to address the skeletons in the closet of the collective great nation which we call home, Canada. My heart is heavy and my soul is weary ... I am proud to be Canadian but, also, very ashamed ... ashamed of that which we, Canadians, allow to happen in this our home: * dog culls wherein dogs are shot, for a bounty; many are wounded and wander off to suffer a slow agonizing & painful death, other wounded ones are more fortunate (a sad statement in & of itself) as they become prey. * Amish puppy mills, in Ontario, allowed to continue operating under the OSPCA ... nothing more than a manufacturing facility for puppies, with no regard to the health & mental well-being of the animals. * Quebec commercial breeding facilities and puppy mills ... nothing more than a manufacturing facility. Under the watch of MAPAQ (btw, if you want to be very disheartened go back over the many years the Minister of Agriculture, in Quebec, has made shutting down puppy mills a priority ... ) * Backyard breeders who feel it is perfectly acceptable for a 4 year old dog to have had 4 litters ... and feel no remorse or shame in the fact that the dog died in the room beside them as she gave birth. The veterinarian who feels this ok and allows those people to keep the puppies to sell when they are old enough (if they survive). * Killing of viable animals, in shelters, for space using gas chambers, heart sticking and the more humane lethal injection. The dirty secret of all Humane Societies, SPCAs and local pounds / animal control facilities !!!!! * the abandonment of puppies and kittens, left in cardboard boxes, in sub-freezing temperatures. In addition to our companion animals, our great nation participates in horse culls, bear hunts, seal hunts ~ the things that outrage Canadians when it happens elsewhere in the world. The world believes a lie, and Canadians have bought into the lie as well. The world believes that Canadian companion animals live the life of Riley with every luxury afforded them. The lie that Canada does not have a pet over population issue. Or, that any animal is treated badly. We, Canadians, chose to believe that we are better - not in a pompous or arrogant manner, in an ignorant manner. According to recent statistics, there are 840+ Canadian animal welfare / rescue organizations and some 140+ Humane Societies and SPCAs across Canada. An estimated 2 million dogs are without a home in our great land. Imagine, if all of the animal welfare / rescue organizations, Humane Societies, SPCAs, local animal controls and pounds ... all of their people whether employees or volunteers combined voices with all of the Canadian cross-posters, transporters and other volunteers to present a unified front to have (1) federal animal welfare legislation changed and (2) to address the skeletons in our closet ... the millions of homeless cats and dogs right here in Canada. wearehumananimals.blogspot.ca/2014/11/the-crucible-of-foreign-pet-rescue.html
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 14:01:38 +0000
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