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Quoted in the stories and dismissive of the failures cited, Mayor Kelly
Yaede’s reactions were once again . . . unbelievable, as well as indefensible. You
have to wonder how she treats people
if the animal shelter conditions and practices don’t appall her enough to clean
up what’s happening there. If she has
animals in her life, would she let them be grossly mistreated or killed, as Hamilton
shelter animals have been (and probably still are)? Does she have any clue about best practices in
shelters?
You could also wonder why the council members who first sounded the
alarm are not practically rabid-with-rage now that the damning inspection results
have been made public. What are they waiting for? Why aren’t they moving to close the place and
bring in experts to make it a safe facility for innocent animals?
Can’t any of these people rise above politics to care about animal
welfare?
For a “read it
and weep” look at details about this “horror house of a shelter,” whose staff
and practices are inexplicably defended by the mayor and the local health
officer, read the lengthy
indictment below
in the NJ Animal Observer. Be careful: it will make your blood boil and prompt
you to take serious action on behalf of any animals unlucky enough to be caught
in Hamilton Township’s clutches.
‘Go fish’!
Now back to life in the sea -- a huge part of our world, yet one whose
living creatures may be treated with even less respect than terrestrial
animals. Bolstering its “Seakittens”
campaign years ago, PETA expounded on the lives of fish. It wasn’t pretty, but it was convincing.
There’s no need to reinvent the arguments so I’m borrowing directly from the PETA
mats here.
Billions of fish
are killed each year so people can eat their flesh, while millions more are
ripped from their homes for “fun” by anglers. Consider the following:
·
Fish
have nervous systems that register and respond to pain. Scientists tell us their
brains closely resemble our own and fish are just as able to feel pain as cats
or dogs.
·
Fish are intelligent animals who
observe, learn, use tools, and form sophisticated social structures. They also
have impressive long-term memories.
·
Fish talk to each other with squeaks,
squeals, and other low-frequency sounds that humans can hear only with the help
of special instruments.
When yanked from
the water, fish begin to suffocate. Their
gills often collapse, and their swim bladders can rupture because of the sudden
change in pressure. . . . “Sport” fishers are responsible for killing almost 25
percent of overfished saltwater species. . . . Many trout streams are so
intensively fished that they require that all fish caught be released.
But “catch and release” doesn’t solve the problem
because fish thrown back into the water are not the same fish. They were likely
hurt in any of myriad ways, and made newly vulnerable. One study indicates that
43% of released fish die within six days.
Besides the fish themselves, other victims of
fishing include myriad animals (pelicans and other birds to manatees and
dolphins). A major cause: discarded
monofilament and other fishing line.
Commercial
fishing is cruelty to animals on a colossal scale, killing hundreds of billions of animals
worldwide every year—far more than any other industry.
Don’t ‘go fish’!
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