Comments on: Animal control groups move toward mediation http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation Harrisonburg's Community News Network Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joe Snuffy http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-470793 Joe Snuffy Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:06:06 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-470793 Very horrible! I give the Shenandoah Vally Spay and neuter clinic negative ratings. The price seemed great to neuter our male cat until we brought him home. Whoever did the procedure left testicle tissue hanging out and the testicles wide open. The clinic declined to pay the charges from the other hospital to have it fixed. The doctors at the other hospital were horrified. Beware if you decide to go to the Shenandoah Valley spay and neuter clinic, your animal may not make it. Very horrible! I give the Shenandoah Vally Spay and neuter clinic negative ratings. The price seemed great to neuter our male cat until we brought him home. Whoever did the procedure left testicle tissue hanging out and the testicles wide open. The clinic declined to pay the charges from the other hospital to have it fixed. The doctors at the other hospital were horrified. Beware if you decide to go to the Shenandoah Valley spay and neuter clinic, your animal may not make it.

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]]> By: eso http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-101416 eso Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:01:24 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-101416 R/H SPCA has responded at: http://www.rhspca.org/position.pdf R/H SPCA has responded at:
http://www.rhspca.org/position.pdf

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]]> By: Koshka http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-99316 Koshka Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:17:11 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-99316 Unfortunately the SPCA has been given city and county money for many years with no one asking what kind of job they are doing for us. Where else would an organization be given a large monetary contract and no one takes a look at how they are really doing. The death rate is listed every year for every animal organization on the Dept of Ag. web site. It should not be a surprise to any Harrisonburg/Rockingham official just how the SPCA is doing this year verses how they did 5 years ago. The intake and kill rate numbers do tell the story. Not until the SVSNC stepped forward did any govt. official show any concern. They were very comfortable and satisfied with the laissez- faire attitude. The SPCA has had many years to improve their policies, but have chosen not to do such. They need to clean house all their current board members. Breathe some new life into this group. When was the last time anyone on the board attending an animal welfare conference or seminar? I do believe it is time for our government officials to do what is in the best interest of the animals. Let another group have the animal control contract. I am certain the SVSNC not continue with the kill rate we have today. Unfortunately the SPCA has been given city and county money for many years with no one asking what kind of job they are doing for us. Where else would an organization be given a large monetary contract and no one takes a look at how they are really doing. The death rate is listed every year for every animal organization on the Dept of Ag. web site. It should not be a surprise to any Harrisonburg/Rockingham official just how the SPCA is doing this year verses how they did 5 years ago.
The intake and kill rate numbers do tell the story. Not until the SVSNC stepped forward did any govt. official show any concern. They were very comfortable and satisfied with the laissez- faire attitude.
The SPCA has had many years to improve their policies, but have chosen not to do such. They need to clean house all their current board members. Breathe some new life into this group. When was the last time anyone on the board attending an animal welfare conference or seminar?
I do believe it is time for our government officials to do what is in the best interest of the animals. Let another group have the animal control contract. I am certain the SVSNC not continue with the kill rate we have today.

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]]> By: Sara http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-99315 Sara Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:41:42 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-99315 Citizens for Animal Welfare is trying to educate the public on the facts. Our supporters know the facts. If you would like to learn more, please visit the website: www.citizensforanimalwelfare.org No one wants to see animals euthanized, but a so-called less-than-perfect home is better than a death sentence. The community shouldn't be blamed. We need to stop making excuses. 2,500 animals killed each year is not a success by any measure. It is a profound failure. Citizens for Animal Welfare is trying to educate the public on the facts. Our supporters know the facts. If you would like to learn more, please visit the website: http://www.citizensforanimalwelfare.org
No one wants to see animals euthanized, but a so-called less-than-perfect home is better than a death sentence. The community shouldn’t be blamed. We need to stop making excuses. 2,500 animals killed each year is not a success by any measure. It is a profound failure.

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]]> By: Lowell Fulk http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-99310 Lowell Fulk Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:29:58 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-99310 Okay Emmy. Okay Emmy.

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]]> By: Emmy http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-99305 Emmy Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:31:54 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-99305 Lowell, no one thinks the animals are better off dead than in good homes. Saying that over and over doesn't make it so. No breed is not the issue, however ff you adopt a cat or dog that has always been indoors and turn it lose on your farm it may not become a "hardy lot" in time to save its own life. Also, as far as I know the SPCA in no way advocates having a cat declawed. My mother has two indoor cats, neither are declawed and neither ruin her furniture. Lowell, no one thinks the animals are better off dead than in good homes. Saying that over and over doesn’t make it so.

No breed is not the issue, however ff you adopt a cat or dog that has always been indoors and turn it lose on your farm it may not become a “hardy lot” in time to save its own life.

Also, as far as I know the SPCA in no way advocates having a cat declawed. My mother has two indoor cats, neither are declawed and neither ruin her furniture.

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]]> By: Lowell Fulk http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-99298 Lowell Fulk Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:24:03 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-99298 I would also like to reiterate: I am very impressed with the movement toward mediation and potential cooperation generated by Mayor Degner. That is what community leadership looks like in case anyone wonders… I would also like to reiterate: I am very impressed with the movement toward mediation and potential cooperation generated by Mayor Degner. That is what community leadership looks like in case anyone wonders…

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]]> By: Lowell Fulk http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-99296 Lowell Fulk Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:59:54 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-99296 That being said however, wild feral cats present an absolute menace to family pets. Stray cats which have been abandoned also present a real problem. Human irresponsibility is the culprit. Living beings shouldn't be looked at as toys. But that's just me, and as I wrote above, I'm really not all that engaged in this issue other than supporting those who wish to work toward humane treatment. That being said however, wild feral cats present an absolute menace to family pets. Stray cats which have been abandoned also present a real problem.
Human irresponsibility is the culprit.
Living beings shouldn’t be looked at as toys.
But that’s just me, and as I wrote above, I’m really not all that engaged in this issue other than supporting those who wish to work toward humane treatment.

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]]> By: Lowell Fulk http://hburgnews.com/2010/03/21/animal-control-groups-move-toward-mediation/comment-page-1/#comment-99295 Lowell Fulk Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:48:05 +0000 http://hburgnews.com/?p=5217#comment-99295 So Blondiesez, you feel it better to put an animal to death than give it an opportunity to a life that you can't control? I would respectfully submit that you're not now in Virginia Beach or Northern Virginia. There is, in many instances in the Valley, the opportunity for an animal to enjoy its life more along the line of its natural inclination. I would also ask, regarding the design of cats, have you ever paid a Vet to amputate the first digit of each toe of your cat's front paws so that they wouldn't claw your furniture? Why would someone need to do such a thing? Perhaps because a cat must be "modified" to live in such an environment for which they weren't designed? I find myself in agreement with Wood once again, breed isn't the issue. But I must also say this, I don't really care all that much. I simply find it curious that so many so called animal lovers care so little about the actual life of the animal in comparison to their concern for what they want from the animal, for their own benefit. I rather think that the dogs and cats which we have enjoy their lives here, as they hunt and dig and play, outside... What I do care about is the belief that an animal would be better off dead, than with an owner who doesn't measure up to perhaps unreasonable standards. So Blondiesez, you feel it better to put an animal to death than give it an opportunity to a life that you can’t control?
I would respectfully submit that you’re not now in Virginia Beach or Northern Virginia.
There is, in many instances in the Valley, the opportunity for an animal to enjoy its life more along the line of its natural inclination.
I would also ask, regarding the design of cats, have you ever paid a Vet to amputate the first digit of each toe of your cat’s front paws so that they wouldn’t claw your furniture?
Why would someone need to do such a thing? Perhaps because a cat must be “modified” to live in such an environment for which they weren’t designed?
I find myself in agreement with Wood once again, breed isn’t the issue.
But I must also say this, I don’t really care all that much. I simply find it curious that so many so called animal lovers care so little about the actual life of the animal in comparison to their concern for what they want from the animal, for their own benefit.
I rather think that the dogs and cats which we have enjoy their lives here, as they hunt and dig and play, outside…
What I do care about is the belief that an animal would be better off dead, than with an owner who doesn’t measure up to perhaps unreasonable standards.

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