tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post5033679116649910608..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Killing kitties is hardNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69937421284057849272016-03-17T20:38:36.890-05:002016-03-17T20:38:36.890-05:00There are no easy answers to this. It is sad, but ...There are no easy answers to this. It is sad, but I guess, unfortunately that's the reality of it.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023427375867309963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39087474276512077772016-03-17T19:43:27.488-05:002016-03-17T19:43:27.488-05:00When we found our cat, a stray, we sat down with h...When we found our cat, a stray, we sat down with him and said, There is a price you must pay to live with us. You must surrender your balls. He considered the alternative and consented.<br />We have feral and semi-feral animals in great numbers here on the Big Island of Hawaii: goats and pigs, which get hunted,donkeys which are descendants of the animals brought over to transport coffee, as well as large numbers of feral cats. <br />There is a no-kill shelter in one of the villages. The night and day barking, the filth, are not fun. The owners are chronically short of money to buy food for the animals, and the neighbors hate them. <br />It's tragic that we bring animals in and abandon them if they don't "work out," a common fate of difficult dogs. <br />I do feel sorry for the superfluous animals and the people who have to kill them. Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78446106502604848242016-03-17T16:52:00.764-05:002016-03-17T16:52:00.764-05:00This wouldn't work in a city the size of Chica...This wouldn't work in a city the size of Chicago, but a program in our community captures stray/feral cats, neuters and tags them, then releases them back into the neighborhoods. This wouldn't work for animals from homes abandoned into shelters, but cats that can fend for themselves aren't destroyed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10817341493096245202016-03-17T14:56:04.472-05:002016-03-17T14:56:04.472-05:00Sorry, that link doesn't work, but the title o...Sorry, that link doesn't work, but the title of the article is "A Closer Examination of No-Kill Shelter Policies is Needed." By Doctor Michael Fox.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023427375867309963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3223084241762345732016-03-17T14:52:54.320-05:002016-03-17T14:52:54.320-05:00Here's a link to an article by veterinarian Dr...Here's a link to an article by veterinarian Dr. Fox about no-kill shelters in the Washington Post today.<br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/advice/animal-doctor-a-closer-inspection-of-no-kill-shelters-is-needed/2016/03/10/1d182da2-e59c-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html<br /><br />LindaB<br />LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023427375867309963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20686856322243612972016-03-17T13:14:26.824-05:002016-03-17T13:14:26.824-05:00I believe "The Fixed Period" was the onl...I believe "The Fixed Period" was the only one of his forty something novels that didn't sell well enough to cover print costs. Small wonder.<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76886120548017785302016-03-17T11:47:22.655-05:002016-03-17T11:47:22.655-05:00Burke also claims to be the city's authority o...Burke also claims to be the city's authority on Chicago history.<br />All I'm sure of is that he's the authority on bribes & arrogance.<br />Not only is his seat in the council chambers in the wrong place for the 14th Ward, the front row, but he has a door from the council chamber to the aldermanic offices that he & he alone is allowed to use!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67683370196096720362016-03-17T09:53:19.950-05:002016-03-17T09:53:19.950-05:00Also brings to mind The Fixed Period. Now I see w...Also brings to mind The Fixed Period. Now I see why Trollope chose not to use the omniscient narrator that most of his novels have -- he wanted to distance himself as author from the advocacy of euthanasia, at least as sensitive a topic then as now.<br /><br />Johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-25780304813277955272016-03-17T09:35:12.703-05:002016-03-17T09:35:12.703-05:00"Like anything repeated over and over again i..."Like anything repeated over and over again it becomes routine" brings to mind something the Inspector in "Crime and Punishment" says: "Men can get used to anything. The scoundrels." <br /><br />I do like calling Alderman Burke "the father of ill-considered ordinances."<br /><br />Tom EvansTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38199400989530599402016-03-17T09:17:23.593-05:002016-03-17T09:17:23.593-05:00This is why I like pets, as long as they're ot...This is why I like pets, as long as they're other people's.<br /><br />Bitter ScribeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857840826894504436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70414321237899777842016-03-17T08:17:07.260-05:002016-03-17T08:17:07.260-05:00Or worse yet, when people were gassed. That puts t...Or worse yet, when people were gassed. That puts things in perspective.<br /><br />A no kill shelter is not realistic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8153026452208780212016-03-17T08:08:32.887-05:002016-03-17T08:08:32.887-05:00While this was difficult to read, I know it is rea...While this was difficult to read, I know it is reality and sometimes we need to be reminded of reality. A no kill shelter sounds good in theory, but may not work in practice because there are so many unwanted animals. It must have been extremely difficult to tour the facility and witness the conditions. I can relate on a personal note as well. We just recently had my aunt's cat euthanized. Although the cat was old and in poor health and my aunt couldn't adequately care for him anymore,it was an extremely difficult decision for an 87 year old to make. You always wonder if there wasn't something else that could have been done instead.<br /><br />Linda B.LBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023427375867309963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-66104751823298180832016-03-17T07:33:32.126-05:002016-03-17T07:33:32.126-05:00Imagine what it was like to report.Imagine what it was like to report.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15013488262873216902016-03-17T06:55:22.065-05:002016-03-17T06:55:22.065-05:00I've always agreed with Bob Barker on this one...I've always agreed with Bob Barker on this one - Spay or neuter your pets, people. There are more than enough animals already out there that need help, a home, and love. Adopt! Neil, this was a very difficult column to read. I know that was probably your point, and you did it well, because now I'm actually feeling sick to my stomach. Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18152799428743109295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83727448321591344522016-03-17T02:07:58.827-05:002016-03-17T02:07:58.827-05:00Just awful. One of the rare times I've not enj...Just awful. One of the rare times I've not enjoyed reading a column of Neil's. Anyone with a heart would want to support the "no kill" ordinance, but realistically, how can the shelters be expected to feed, house, and take care of all the animals? The obvious problem is over-population, so the answer lies in controlling reproduction. <br /><br />SandyKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com