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Originally Posted by sa meredith
While this is certainly a thread well worth "re-visiting", I would like to point out my original story about the 170 cats was written in September of 2008. It is entirely possible their (the shelter) needs have changed. Maybe, if you are planning to make a drive over there, a phone call to ask what their most pressing needs are, would be a good idea.
As for last September....I'll never forgot what 170 cats in one place looked like. Not very pleasant.
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Wow I didn't even notice! I suppose it's a worth while thread no matter how old it is, and since it is a non-profit organization they are always happy to accept donations. But you do propose a great idea to call first and see if their needs have changed. Sadly I'll bet they have probably doubled. I agree that adoption is a very sensible choice for many reasons when we get ready to choose our pooch. Although as I mentioned above we
really want the dog to grow up around our young daughter right from the start. We could be wrong but we have both theorized and agreed that there is a still a chance the dog may become aggressive with her, it is a lot less then an older dog who has not grown up with her since day one, and whose behavior and temper we have not been able to observe since day one as well. Like I said we could be wrong. Although there is a definate chance that we will have more then one dog and I would adopt, as long as we're comfortable and convinced the animal will not harm our daughter.
It is depressing to see the state of such places. Yet we don't have to adopt or donate to help out what is a growing problem around the country. We should all have our animals fixed unless we are equipped and wanting/willing to properly breed them. Your male hottie might not come home pregnant, but on his ventures out and about he may run into someone else's girl while sniffing the grass, and then......
Are breeders of cats and dogs required to be licenced in NH? If not they should be. Not only in NH but everywhere. Although breeders practice breeding to make money they should also be restricted on who they are permitted to see to. Sounds ludicrous at first and would be difficult to regulate, but when I lived in Massachusetts I saw an overabundance of dog breeders in the paper and basically everywhere. My parents had property in Chelsea a long time ago and we evicted many tenants for secretly breeding and selling puppies from our apartments. We did have a firm no pet policy which they agreed to when they signed their lease. Then to make matters worse many of these evicted tenants would leave the animals behind if they were scrawny or sick and my parents ended up taking them to the local humane society. There was a time another family who were tenants in our building had a younger son who some tenants in our building that were breeders sold a puppy to for a discounted price. He brought the puppy home to have his Mother tell him absolutely not to bring it back to the sellers. The sellers refused to refund, and they ended up just leaving the dog outside to fed for itself. Obviously both sides were calling my parents whining during the entire argument, so again we ended up taking responsibility and taking the animal to the humane society. I believe the boy they sold the puppy to was no older then 13. The over-abundance of people breeding dogs in that area was mind blowing. And not even caring about who they were selling to. I understand it's a for-profit practice, we all want to make money, but for the love of God...have some morals. Animals are living things. This is an ever growing problem and the moral of the story is there are many ways we can try and help relieve the pressure on humane societies and other organizations like it, not only by adopting and donating money. Not all people can have pets or have disposable income to donate. Just my .02. Your thread might be old but it brings many important issues to the attention of a lot of people who
love animals! Gees I like animals more then I like people, and I know I'm not alone on that! Come to think about it I think the only reason my parents stayed married as long as they did was because of the dog! As soon as he died they got divorced!