A recent seminar on
shelters in Puerto Rico ended with a PETA video proclaiming euthanasia as a
better alternative to no kill shelters and heaven forbid dogs running lose in
the streets where they eat rats and mice and garbage and God knows what else. They’ll
live without love, she wailed as if it were
unheard of to exist without human love.
Which one of these free ranging
street dogs looks like it would volunteer to be killed because its life is so miserable?
Don’t tell me you’re doing it for them.
For their benefit, let’s
put them on short leashes and tie them to a dog house, so they’ll be safe.
Quickly toss them food and water, so they’re cared for. Put them in a pen where
they never touch another of their kind.
They have no right to live
unfettered. Eating rats, the PETA lady shuttered, living without love. How aghast
would she be to know that dogs having a choice will frequently leave nutritious
kibble to hunt for fresh meat with no byproducts? It demonstrates just how
badly they need to be euthanized for their benefit.
Bored, brain dead pooches
behind fences, that’s what we want; let’s put them in shelters to keep them
safe. Walk them from the garage to the balcony for a couple hours fresh air.
Get angry with them for scratching on the door like they’re trying to get out
of prison. They’re well fed; what more could they want?
On any given day in the
history of Puerto Rico there have been free ranging dogs roaming the island. When
not over burdened by street dogs, the people are fond of their canine
neighbors, preferring to feed a “Sato” and starve a rat.
Dogs are a part of the
ecosystem here similar to fox, coyote and raccoons in the states, but they’re
not really wild. We can keep them
healthy, manage them a lot more cheaply and successfully than the shelter or
slaughter methods currently employed.
Trap, neuter, and release
for this group of fine looking animals; what do you say?
