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Sigh. I know people have good intentions, but...
13 years ago
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RANT WARNING: DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ ME RANTING ABOUT STUPIDITY.
Honestly. If you find a dog/cat you've never seen before wandering around, and manage to wrangle the thing... don't post it up for sale/free right away? If it has a collar on, it's most likely someone's pet that got out. :/ If it doesn't have a collar, at least have the common decency to obey the LAW (you do know, that thing that keeps the shelters from immediately putting a stray down, that "holding time" is because they have to make sure it's no one else's pet first!) and hold on to the thing and have done your due diligence in finding the owner (taking it to the vet to be scanned for chip/see if they recognize it, go to/call the shelters asking if anyone has been in looking for a dog/cat like the one you found, posting "found dog/cat" posters in the neighborhood, vet and shelters.. you know, what you'd hope someone else would do if YOU lost a pet!). If you can't, turn the animal over to a shelter, who will at least do the basics. :|
There's a striking rise around here, with the amount of people picking up pets off the street (apparently even plucking animals from out of people's yards) and then selling them or giving them away the same day (evidence in the "we just found him/her today and can't keep it!)... and it really bothers me that these people think they're doing the right thing, or in the case of selling, "not doing anything wrong" by this. I have an indoor only cat. She's chipped and collared with our address. I'd be very upset probably to the point of violence if say, a fire happened or maintenance came in and she bolted, and someone picked her up and gave her away or sold her. Seriously, people, THINK for once! It's not that hard! AUGHDFLKBJNBN.
Rant over. c.c; Sorry about that.
Honestly. If you find a dog/cat you've never seen before wandering around, and manage to wrangle the thing... don't post it up for sale/free right away? If it has a collar on, it's most likely someone's pet that got out. :/ If it doesn't have a collar, at least have the common decency to obey the LAW (you do know, that thing that keeps the shelters from immediately putting a stray down, that "holding time" is because they have to make sure it's no one else's pet first!) and hold on to the thing and have done your due diligence in finding the owner (taking it to the vet to be scanned for chip/see if they recognize it, go to/call the shelters asking if anyone has been in looking for a dog/cat like the one you found, posting "found dog/cat" posters in the neighborhood, vet and shelters.. you know, what you'd hope someone else would do if YOU lost a pet!). If you can't, turn the animal over to a shelter, who will at least do the basics. :|
There's a striking rise around here, with the amount of people picking up pets off the street (apparently even plucking animals from out of people's yards) and then selling them or giving them away the same day (evidence in the "we just found him/her today and can't keep it!)... and it really bothers me that these people think they're doing the right thing, or in the case of selling, "not doing anything wrong" by this. I have an indoor only cat. She's chipped and collared with our address. I'd be very upset probably to the point of violence if say, a fire happened or maintenance came in and she bolted, and someone picked her up and gave her away or sold her. Seriously, people, THINK for once! It's not that hard! AUGHDFLKBJNBN.
Rant over. c.c; Sorry about that.
My mom had a horse and a mule (both different occasions) show up in her yard. She went and talked to someone at the police dept about what to do. and they said, if you are able, keep it, and post an ad in the newspaper about it and keep it there for 30 days. After that time, you can do what you will with the animals.
A person claimed the horse, and no claimed the mule, who has a very horrible bad hoof, we still have the mule as a pet a year later, his name is moe. =)