Animal 0 Posté(e) le 10 février 2007 Quebec a disgrace for animal abuse Ban the puppy mills In response to Art Powter’s letter to the editor Stop animal abusers (The Suburban, Jan. 31) (in response to the CBC show about Blainville and Joliette puppy mills) we would like to go one step further and state that Quebec should ban puppy/kitty mills. The facts are that in North American society, particularly Quebec, there is an overwhelming cat/dog overpopulation problem (The SPCA estimates 1.6 million stray cats live on Montreal streets) and large numbers of domestic animals are daily euthanised at pounds and at the SPCA Jean Talon/Laval and the Berger Blanc. What then is the purpose of this mass production of companion animals in puppy mills? Dogs and/or cats in puppy/kitten mills are used to procreate and endure unimaginable horrors (starvation, disease, lying in feces, squalid and cramped conditions). These animals’ sole purpose is to earn money for their cruel taskmasters, the puppy mill owners. It is unconscionable in 2007 that puppy mills are still not outlawed in Quebec and that companion animals continue to suffer for the sake of the “almighty buck.” Animal welfare groups have tried repeatedly through petitions and letter writing campaigns to get our provincial government to crack down and outlaw puppy/kitten mills, but they continue to exist and flourish in Quebec. Puppy mills have already been outlawed in Ontario. Help is desperately needed by concerned citizens. Protection is needed for the innocent and trusting domestic animals that can neither speak nor protect themselves; caring citizens can contact their Member of Parliament and/or provincial legislator and ask for the banishment of these barbaric puppy mills in Quebec once for all. Fern Collier-Pereira (PR) & Ann English, President & Linda Heimann, Vice President Steri-Animal Montreal -------------------------------------- Congratulations to Art Powter In the letter to the editor Stop animal abusers (The Suburban, Jan. 31), Art Powter is suggesting to the Liberal government how to stop the terrible abuse that animals go through in Quebec. It is pathetic when you think that someone from the public has to tell our leaders how to protect the animals. We, in rescue, have seen the incredible cruelty animals in puppy mills are subjected to. If the public would only stop buying from pet stores, this cruel breeding would stop. Anyone wanting a pet should research before they buy on impulse at a pet store. Sure, the puppy in the window is cute, but it is the poor bitch in the puppy mill who breeds constantly and never receives love, medical care or even appropriate food just to satisfy this buyer that you should care about. Most of the animals bought on impulse end up in shelters after a year or so. We beg the public to adopt an animal from a shelter, from the SPCA or, if you must buy from a breeder, research who the good breeders are. Talk to people who have bought from such a breeder. Go on a website about puppy mills and see where the pet store dogs or cats are coming from. Don’t be lazy. When you buy a car, you don’t go to the first dealer you see — you don’t buy the car because it looks beautiful. You ask many questions, you do your homework. Not that getting an animal should be compared to a car, but people should think before they buy. An animal is a lifetime commitment. The pet stores will never tell you where the animals come from. They might give you some Canadian or American Kennel Club certificate (which most of the time is false) or they will tell you they come from a breeder, but you can’t find out who the breeder is. Don’t buy from ads in papers or on the Internet that advertise a lot of breeds of dogs. They are either brokers for mills or the mills themselves or quite often what we call “backyard breeders” — not better than mills. Government, it is time you close down those illegal businesses who work under the table and make a fortune. Puppy mills were referred to as the biggest money-making venture after drugs and Quebec is the biggest culprit. If anyone starts a business, they need a license. If you penalize them, they will stop breeding. Get them where it hurts — their pockets! And, please, stop the abuse! Monic Landry Pointe Claire --------------------------------------------- Punish abusers This is a response in regards to the letter to the editor Stop animal abusers in The Suburban last week. There is no punishment harsh enough for people or organizations that abuse animals except for maybe having the offenders live the way the animals they are responsible for have to live. On a more realistic note, why not impose a tax on all dogs and cats purchased at pet stores. This tax would be above and beyond the cost of the pet and would go toward the SPCA and or animal shelters in the province to cover the cost of care for those animals that are no longer wanted. On behalf of all animal lovers, I think we should say a big thanks to all of those people who do take the time to care for the animals that no one wants. Keep up the great work. I think everyone would agree that’s its time the government stand up and do something about these crimes against animals. Christine Archambault Pointe Claire http://thesuburban.com/ Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
