Comments on: Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare

By: Catherine Smith

Catherine Smith — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:43:17 +0000

Well, I think you really love animals and I enjoyed reading your post, but I do not agree with you regarding PETA and HSUS. PETA really do drive around and set up kennels with bedding etc, for dogs that are chained outside with no shelter. Of course, they will try to get a bad owner to give up the dog, especially if that dog is starving or suffering.
You may be referring to when PETA have determined that the dog is suffering too much to save, so it is kinder for the dog to be put to sleep. In my opinion that is better than a life time of suffering and neglect. It is a sad fact that there are not enough homes for all rescued dogs, as people keep breeding and buying.
HSUS took a great deal of action to stop the Canadian seal hunt this year and did a great job. I think if you took some time checking out what these groups do, you may be impressed.
They also lobby the government for changes to improve animal welfare and animal rights. These groups believe that animals have the right not to be used by humans, however they do not want pets to be released. They want a better life for all animals.
There is a lot to be done for animals, including lobbying against cruel and unnecessary experiments on animals and factory farms. They also pay to conduct undercover investigations to bring the truth to the public.
Maybe this answers a couple of questions, but I am interested in your point of view and will subscribe to your blog for more info. Shelties rule!

By: Shower enclosure

Shower enclosure — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:42:00 +0000

completely agree!!!!!

can i just say i love all your blogs and the dogs are so lucky to have found you

jen xx

By: Wedding Planning

Wedding Planning — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:25:29 +0000

Abusing animals are to be punished severely. The laws and orders to be made to rescue animals.

By: Payday Loans

Payday Loans — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:53:05 +0000

I think that the best way to help animals that are abused is to donate to your local humane socitey or animal services they are the ones that take the abused animal calls. I also wish that they would make the animal crulty laws more strick and make the punishments harsher.

By: SheltieJim

SheltieJim — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:19:57 +0000

All over the place! If you’ve been reading the blog generally, you’ll know that it contains mostly opinion and facts about the rescues we have and have had. There’s not a whole lot of material that requires research, but what there is comes from about a thousand sources!

By: Dog Obedience Training

Dog Obedience Training — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:03:36 +0000

Dog Obedience Training…

Where do you normally research for your blog content?…

By: Animal Shelter Support

Animal Shelter Support — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:15:38 +0000

Wow! I couldn’t agree more with this. These organizations do nothing.