Animal Emergency Law Petition

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the hell.
We really need this.

Go sign it everyone.

Excerpt:
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Read Petition:
Animal Emergency Law
Body of Petition:
As many of you already know, we, as humans, have a PATIENT BILL OF
RIGHTS that applies to our hospital visits, and because of this and
other, separate laws, we cannot LEGALLY be refused treatment in an
EMERGENCY situation, regardless of whether or not we have ANY MONEY OR
INSURANCE. However, unfortunately, and, I believe, more importantly
UNFAIRLY, animals DO NOT have the same rights under the LAW, and
therefore, many Veterinarians CAN and DO refuse desperately needed
EMERGENCY treatment without PAYMENT UP FRONT FIRST. This Petition was
created in the interest of changing that standard, and I beg of you, pet
guardian or not, to PLEASE read on and consider joining us in our fight
to ensure proper treatment of the ones who's lives so LITERALLY depend
on US.
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Read the whole thing and sign it here.
http://www.petitionpetition.com/cgi/...on.cgi?id=6988

Disclaimer: this isn't my petition. I found it while surfing.

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From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the hell.
We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under the law
and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't think this would ever
pass.

Lauren
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Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the hell.
We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under the law
and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't think this would ever
pass.

Lauren
________
See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

In article , darnit7
@aol.comnolitter enlightened us with...
From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the hell.
We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under the law
and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't think this would ever
pass.


I dunno. We can hope.
Actually, some places, animals aren't just property anymore. People have
successfully sued for more money than the animal was worth when a
wrongful death occurred. This would indicate that the animal has value
beyond property.

Someday the law will catch up. It won't change if we don't pressure
people to change it.

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~kaeli~
If that phone was up your a$$, maybe you could drive a
little better!
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

In article , darnit7
@aol.comnolitter enlightened us with...
From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the hell.
We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under the law
and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't think this would ever
pass.


I dunno. We can hope.
Actually, some places, animals aren't just property anymore. People have
successfully sued for more money than the animal was worth when a
wrongful death occurred. This would indicate that the animal has value
beyond property.

Someday the law will catch up. It won't change if we don't pressure
people to change it.

--
--
~kaeli~
If that phone was up your a$$, maybe you could drive a
little better!
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

kaeli dumped this in
on 18 May 2004:

In article , darnit7
@aol.comnolitter enlightened us with...
From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the
hell. We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under
the law and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't
think this would ever pass.


I dunno. We can hope.
Actually, some places, animals aren't just property anymore. People
have successfully sued for more money than the animal was worth when a
wrongful death occurred. This would indicate that the animal has value
beyond property.

Someday the law will catch up. It won't change if we don't pressure
people to change it.


I signed it. The whole idea of pets as chattel makes me sick and might
have made me file a suite in the past if laws were different.

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Cheryl

kaeli dumped this in
on 18 May 2004:

In article , darnit7
@aol.comnolitter enlightened us with...
From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the
hell. We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under
the law and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't
think this would ever pass.


I dunno. We can hope.
Actually, some places, animals aren't just property anymore. People
have successfully sued for more money than the animal was worth when a
wrongful death occurred. This would indicate that the animal has value
beyond property.

Someday the law will catch up. It won't change if we don't pressure
people to change it.


I signed it. The whole idea of pets as chattel makes me sick and might
have made me file a suite in the past if laws were different.

--
Cheryl

Cheryl wrote in message ...
kaeli dumped this in
on 18 May 2004:

In article , darnit7
@aol.comnolitter enlightened us with...
From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the
hell. We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under
the law and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't
think this would ever pass.


I dunno. We can hope.
Actually, some places, animals aren't just property anymore. People
have successfully sued for more money than the animal was worth when a
wrongful death occurred. This would indicate that the animal has value
beyond property.

Someday the law will catch up. It won't change if we don't pressure
people to change it.


I signed it. The whole idea of pets as chattel makes me sick and might
have made me file a suite in the past if laws were different.


Hi Cheryl! (miss me?)

I just signed too. Thanks, Kaeli, for posting this.

K

Cheryl wrote in message ...
kaeli dumped this in
on 18 May 2004:

In article , darnit7
@aol.comnolitter enlightened us with...
From: kaeli

I don't know if these petition thingies do any good, but what the
hell. We really need this.

While I agree, unfortunately animals are thought of as property under
the law and don't have the same rights as human beings. I don't
think this would ever pass.


I dunno. We can hope.
Actually, some places, animals aren't just property anymore. People
have successfully sued for more money than the animal was worth when a
wrongful death occurred. This would indicate that the animal has value
beyond property.

Someday the law will catch up. It won't change if we don't pressure
people to change it.


I signed it. The whole idea of pets as chattel makes me sick and might
have made me file a suite in the past if laws were different.


Hi Cheryl! (miss me?)

I just signed too. Thanks, Kaeli, for posting this.

K

(Karen M.) dumped this in
om on 19 May 2004:

Hi Cheryl! (miss me?)

I just signed too. Thanks, Kaeli, for posting this.

K


Yeah. Ya ok?

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Cheryl