Animal Abusers make the A (abusers)- List

[Twitchin Kitten]

0

I think what Barb is saying is that the list is a good idea but there is also a potential for it being abused by overzealous administrators.

We have shelters in Schuylkill County that despite their "good intentions" make it impossible for people to adopt an animal. We tried to adopt a puppy and were so stonewalled by ridiculous bullshit that we finally went looking to small breeders. That's how we got Bruce.

Some of the bullshit was:
"If you already own a dog we can't let you adopt." WHAT?????
"If you have any other animals (cats, ferrets, birds etc) you can't adopt." Again, WHAT?????
"If you have EVER owned an animal that you didn't get neutered you can't adopt." Starting to sound nutty or what?

It seems that these screwballs SAY they want to find homes for these animals but their actions speak differently.

This is the attitude I fear will permeate the list and therefore make it almost impossible to own and care for an animal much less adopt one desperately in need of rescue.

Well, it sounds like someone needs to start volunteering at said shelter and gather all the info pertinent and start writing those with the powers to change things and make it right. Sitting back and letting a ridiculous set of rules stay that way is only hurting the animals in this shelter. They are left with no one to adopt them and are only living on 'death row' this way.

Thank god this man can read my mind.. I am a bit confusing some mornings when I haven't had my coffee.

Yes I understand the list could be a wonderful tool.. But I am on the fence as it has so many potentials for being over used or improperly administrated. It's scares me that your neighbor could potentially wreck your life if they lie and say you left fido or nibbles out without water when you didn't and the animal laps up the last of the water minutes before the agent gets to your door.

I want teeth for these recurrent people with no brains who have kennels of 40 animals with food and whom never feed the poor critters. While having fair justice for those individuals who get screwed by bad pet sitters or worse being an idiot and not knowing the signs of worms... but I do not want to see unfair persecution... perhaps my desires are too golden for a system that we have... but it's nice wishful thinking isn't it?

OK, not to sound snotty here, but drink the damn coffee first! There was no way that I could have gotten what LK described out of what you posted.

Now as far as "persecution" and other bullshit - the list is only for convicted felons of animal abuses. So, someone calls on you because they don't like you - they inspect and find nothing. Not even a hint of abuse. I seriously doubt that you're going be put on the list.

You can go to the ASPCA website and get the laws regarding keeping dogs and cats in every state. There is also a book by NOLO called Dog Law. This too covers anything you need to know.

If these things are left to run by the shelters and not a new 'agency' I see more positive potential than negative.