Comments on: The New ‘Civil War’ http://ar-hr.com/2009/06/30/the-new-civil-war/ Choose what makes you human(e) Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:25:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ESaunders AR-HR.com http://ar-hr.com/2009/06/30/the-new-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-777 ESaunders AR-HR.com Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:57:58 +0000 http://ar-hr.com/?p=526#comment-777 Hello Tiffany, thank you for responding. Please explain how the supply/demand dynamic does not apply to shelter & rescues? Hello Tiffany, thank you for responding.
Please explain how the supply/demand dynamic does not apply to shelter & rescues?

]]> By: Tiffany http://ar-hr.com/2009/06/30/the-new-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Tiffany Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:22:26 +0000 http://ar-hr.com/?p=526#comment-775 Wait a minute. The so called 'importation' of shelter animals isn't how you slant it at all. Mexico for instance, is a very poor country - talk about inhumane conditions there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of street dogs and it is not a dog loving culture as the US is, the 'humane resources' we have in this country, even in the poor shelters are far better than what mexican dogs who get picked up have to endure and some people have made it their mission to educate other countries that it's unacceptable to stone street dogs, to electrocute as a means of euthanasia, and it's my understanding that yes, some few groups bring dogs who face such conditions in other countries into the us as a mercy and adopt them out to US citizens, but it's not a supply/demand issue as you make it out to be. My small town, local shelter gets approximately 1000 animals, and despite communtiy wide support STILL has to euthanise 600+ of those, including puppies and kittens because there just aren't homes that want them. Wait a minute. The so called ‘importation’ of shelter animals isn’t how you slant it at all. Mexico for instance, is a very poor country – talk about inhumane conditions there are hundreds of thousands if not millions of street dogs and it is not a dog loving culture as the US is, the ‘humane resources’ we have in this country, even in the poor shelters are far better than what mexican dogs who get picked up have to endure and some people have made it their mission to educate other countries that it’s unacceptable to stone street dogs, to electrocute as a means of euthanasia, and it’s my understanding that yes, some few groups bring dogs who face such conditions in other countries into the us as a mercy and adopt them out to US citizens, but it’s not a supply/demand issue as you make it out to be. My small town, local shelter gets approximately 1000 animals, and despite communtiy wide support STILL has to euthanise 600+ of those, including puppies and kittens because there just aren’t homes that want them.

]]> By: ESaunders AR-HR.com http://ar-hr.com/2009/06/30/the-new-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-744 ESaunders AR-HR.com Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:08:43 +0000 http://ar-hr.com/?p=526#comment-744 I am serious. If there was a 'tremendous overpopulation', shelters across the US would not be actively importing dogs from other regions. Couple this with legislative campaigns to restrict or eliminate large-scale dog breeding as well as the crusades to implement mandatory spay/neuter programs. Where are the dogs for the next generations supposed to come from? Also worth considering, how is gene pool diversity within breeds and between breeds to be maintained when breeding choices are haviing made prior to an animal reaching maturity and the remainder of animals are completely removed from the pool? The battles being fought now have some incredibly serious implications for the future I am serious.

If there was a ‘tremendous overpopulation’, shelters across the US would not be actively importing dogs from other regions. Couple this with legislative campaigns to restrict or eliminate large-scale dog breeding as well as the crusades to implement mandatory spay/neuter programs. Where are the dogs for the next generations supposed to come from?

Also worth considering, how is gene pool diversity within breeds and between breeds to be maintained when breeding choices are haviing made prior to an animal reaching maturity and the remainder of animals are completely removed from the pool?

The battles being fought now have some incredibly serious implications for the future

]]> By: Edward http://ar-hr.com/2009/06/30/the-new-civil-war/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Edward Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:09:10 +0000 http://ar-hr.com/?p=526#comment-743 "and still meet the human demand for dogs"...Are you serious? Is there a shortage of dogs that I am unaware of...I thought there was a tremendous overpopulation that needed to be addressed. “and still meet the human demand for dogs”…Are you serious?

Is there a shortage of dogs that I am unaware of…I thought there was a tremendous overpopulation that needed to be addressed.

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