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Helping Out

http://www.fundable.com/groupactions/groupaction.2008-03-04.7607475982

This is for our soon to be shelter (hopefully) in the Upstate of SC.

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Animal Shelter

Everywhere we go there are millions of people who want to help animals. Some don't know what to do, and some just don't have the means to do it. Here is the answer for everyone:

The shelters listed on www.zootoo.com are vying for a million dollar shelter makeover. Many of these havens for the abused operate with almost no buget, and never everything they need for their facilities. You have a chance to help one luck shelter ge everything they could need just by reviewing per supplies, and even posting pics of your own pets.

Everyone can help out this worthy cause.

My shelter of choice: Town of Cornwall Dog Shelter

The Battery Caged Hen

Most people, including myself, will never see a chicken as a 'pet'. So why all the concern about eating eggs, and some cages? While they may not be a typical pet no animal should be dismissed as something that can be needlessly tortured so humans can more quickly consume them or their by-products.

To begin with about 95% of the 300 million egg laying hens in America are confined to Battery Cages. These hens begin in as chicks in a 'hatchery'. The male chicks are destroyed, or in some cases ground up, mixed with grain, and fed to the female chicks, as they are of no use in the egg industry.

The average hen is placed in a battery cage to begin her torturous life. The cage measures 20 inches by 20 inches, and she shares this cages with four other birds. The cages are kept in large windowless buildings, and are usually stacked in tiers six high.

We've all heard of the 'pecking order'. Well in a hens natural environment they do peck each other for dominance. A weaker hen can easily get away in such a case. In a Battery Cage with 5 hens sharing a cage the size of a folded newspaper, unable to fully stand or stretch their wings, this is not the case. In order to avoid the unavoidable, factory farmers cut the hens beaks using a hot blade and no anesthesia.

After two years in these conditions, the hens’ bodies are exhausted, and their egg production drops. These “spent” hens are shipped to slaughterhouses, where their fragile legs are snapped into shackles and their throats are cut. By the time they are sent to slaughter, roughly 29 percent of the hens are suffering from broken bones resulting from neglect and rough treatment.  Their emaciated bodies are so damaged that their flesh can generally be used only for chicken noodle soup, companion-animal food, or “canned, boned, and diced” meat, much of which goes to the National School Lunch Program

Just do something

My husband has tried to ban me from watching Animal Planet, mainly because of the 'Animal Cops' episodes that tend to not only send me into verbal tirades, but also upset to the point of tears because I just don't understand how any person can treat any living hing in such a way. Recently I snuck one in on him. He was playing some online game and I watched an 'Animal Cops' filmed in Florida. It centered on a man running a farm where the animals were so neglected that they were fed garbage scavenged from dumpsters, their only water was puddles left over from recent rain, and dead animals were left to rot where they fell. The animals left alive were diseased, injured with no veterinary care, and emaciated. Of course I was upset by this episode. My husband was upset with me for watching it. He wonders why I watch things like this, read any story about animal abuse, or even volunteer at out local shelter when I get so upset by the abuse I see.

I think anyone who is concerned in any way with Animal Rights is upset by actually seeing the abuses animals suffer every single day. It can be overwhelming. The problem is it doesn't just go away because we turn the channel or don't read the story. Is this entry a statement advocating total immersion in the world of Animal Rights? It most certainly is not. We can all be involved and help in a multitude of different ways. The stalemate happens when we decide the problem is to big and ugly to face, and we turn the other way. You don't have to read the story, you don't have to watch the show, and you don't have work at the shelter. Find an Animal Rights organization you feel comfortable with, and do what you can-just do something.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2168080_involved-animal-rights.html

Just how important are animals?

I recently read a story on www.aldf.org which talked about a prosecutor who felt there were more important crimes to be dealt with, such as car theft and prostitution, than a case of an animal hoarder who was keeping over 100 dogs and cats in conditions beyond horrific. This prosecutor felt this animal abuser posed no threat to the community and the case could be put off.

While this is not the normal attitude of most law enforcement or legal professionals, it does show us that we have a long way to go. As long as there are people out there who represent society in any way while continuing to show such a flagrant disregard for the life of our pets, animals in general, and in this case; the law itself, the fight for Animal Rights goes on.

Our Future

Just take a look at the follwing article and ask yourself if this is really the type of society you want to live in. Do you want to be in a place where the law of the land dictates that this kind of behavior warrants a mere slap on the wrist? Read the follwing article and ask yourself what kind of men these two 'kids' are going to evolve into. Would you like your daughter to marry one? Would you leave you children alone with them? Please check the Animal Legal Defense Funds website Action Line for what you can do to help.

http://www.aldf.org/actionline/details.php?id=327

Two men accused of scalding and beheading kitten

Posted by The Oregonian November 05, 2007 16:59PM

Cody Allen Schewe

Robert J. Wagner

Two men have been arrested under accusations that they dunked a kitten in scalding hot water before chopping off its head with a hatchet and tossing its remains over a fence.

Cody Allen Scheewe, 18, and Robert J. Wagner, 19, were charged Friday with aggravated animal abuse and are being held in Multnomah County jail. Scheewe also was charged with dealing marijuana.

According to Portland police spokeswoman Cathe Kent, Scheewe and Wagner were giving the kitten a bath, but one of them forgot to check the water temperature before immersing the kitten. He told police he realized the mistake because the kitten started acting bizarre.

The two decided they should kill the kitten - although it's unclear why, Kent said they may have believed they were putting it out of its misery by beheading it.

"After about eight whacks, they were able to kill the cat," Kent said. "They tossed the head and the body over the fence" of their apartment complex in the 13700 block of Southeast Powell Boulevard.

Police were called to the complex Thursday at 10:47 p.m. Kent said Scheewe and Wagner admitted at least some involvement in the cat's death but made it out to be more of an accident than an intentional act.

The kitten, who was about two months old, belonged to two women who share an apartment. They'd let Scheewe and Wagner stay with them for a few days.

Scheewe is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail. Wagner is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.

-- Aimee Green

Cody Allen Schewe

Robert J. Wagner

Two men have been arrested under accusations that they dunked a kitten in scalding hot water before chopping off its head with a hatchet and tossing its remains over a fence.

Cody Allen Scheewe, 18, and Robert J. Wagner, 19, were charged Friday with aggravated animal abuse and are being held in Multnomah County jail. Scheewe also was charged with dealing marijuana.

According to Portland police spokeswoman Cathe Kent, Scheewe and Wagner were giving the kitten a bath, but one of them forgot to check the water temperature before immersing the kitten. He told police he realized the mistake because the kitten started acting bizarre.

The two decided they should kill the kitten - although it's unclear why, Kent said they may have believed they were putting it out of its misery by beheading it.

"After about eight whacks, they were able to kill the cat," Kent said. "They tossed the head and the body over the fence" of their apartment complex in the 13700 block of Southeast Powell Boulevard.

Police were called to the complex Thursday at 10:47 p.m. Kent said Scheewe and Wagner admitted at least some involvement in the cat's death but made it out to be more of an accident than an intentional act.

The kitten, who was about two months old, belonged to two women who share an apartment. They'd let Scheewe and Wagner stay with them for a few days.

Scheewe is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail. Wagner is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.

-- Aimee Green

Animal Rights 4 Everyone

Animal right activism does not have to mean being a vegetarian, staging protests at your local KFC, or throwing paint at someone wearing fur.

I have belonged to the Animal Legal Defense Fund for a few years, and have always felt like they were doing exactly what they needed to. They fight the good legal fight for all animals everywhere.

Lately, everywhere I go, I see, or read about abandoned dogs, cats, rabbits. Who is helping all of them? Our local shelters, Humane Society, Best Friends.org, etc. There seem to be hundreds, if not thousands of organizations to help the abused or homeless domestic animal, but it is really never enough. People still hoard animals, abuse their supposedly beloved pets, and pay hundreds of dollars for a sometimes ill designer dog when thousands wait in shelters across America.

I read about egg laying chickens kept in battery cages smaller than a sheet of loose leaf paper, pigs in gestation crates, and just endless torture of all factory farm animals. These poor animals tend to be far off the radar of most Americans. Are there that many people who spend their time thinking about the living conditions of the egg laying chicken? If someone tells you about the plight of the factory farm animal, do you automatically think that person is some over zealous vegan demanding you stop eating everything but soy and pine nuts? For these animals there are not as many organizations. Let's face it, your local shelter is probably not equipped to take a pig. There are great organizations out there such as Farm Sanctuary. You'll probably notice I have a 'ChipIn' fundraiser dedicated to this group. I believe because these animals are not exactly furry and cuddly, they just don't get the same recognition and therefor the same kind of monetary assistance. Take a look at the website for Farm Sanctuary, maybe you can find a few spare dollars.

There is something everyone can do for Animal Rights. You can find the happy medium, or you can go whole hog (yeah yeah, I meant that). There is no such thing as a small step; every step is huge for animals.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2168080_involved-animal-rights.html