Comments on: The Victims of Civilization

By: Dave Pollard

Dave Pollard — Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:33:31 +0000

Thanks, all. The permalink is now fixed. Cindy, your story is all too common, which is why I could never work at an animal shelter — I’d become either homicidal or suicidal in a matter of days. Many shelters now won’t even take stray/unwanted cats (too many of them) leaving vets in a quandary.

By: cindy

cindy — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:16:13 +0000

Hello Dave,Late Friday afternoon I went to my vet for a refilled of medication for one of my cats. While there I had to withness a most heartless couple’s attempt to do to their cat. They wanted to put the cat to sleep because he urinates around the house. The vet refused because the cat is physically healthy. BUT I wonder what would they do to this cat? Took it somewhere and let it out of the carrier and hope that it will never find his/her way back? I wish the vet (she was replacing my vet who is on vacation) would have kept the cat and call the animal humane society. It was 2 days before new year with -4 C outside. Human kindness apparently was not on the mind of this couples. Cindy

By: M. Williams

M. Williams — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:17:45 +0000

Thanks.I’d like a permalink for this but the current one keeps taking me to a 12/13 post … Not sure why … (a minor problem in the scheme of things, surely.)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 08:55:45 +0000

a lot of the time such sacrifices are merely ritual and not substantiated as necessary by the various disciplines of philosophy, psychology, and other humanistic and empirical disciplines

By: Carroll

Carroll — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 06:43:31 +0000

Sobering thoughts, Dave. Serious sobering important thoughts. Thank you.