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I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, and I saw a post today that ****ed
me off! The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and he will be heartbroken. So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny for his birthday next week. She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. OK, so how many things wrong with this messsage do you see? I really want to email this woman and tell her how she is setting a bad example of how to treat animals. But I will probably wimp out and not do it. Freecycle isn't a discussion group and it might get me kicked off. Don't even get me started on the animal listings! I have tried to get a number of cats and dogs into the shelter, but either they are gone, or people actually think that giving them away to a random stranger is better than taking them to *gasp, horrors* a shelter where the animal will be properly vetted, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and placed with a screened home. -kelly |
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"Snittens" wrote in message
. .. I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, and I saw a post today that ****ed me off! The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and he will be heartbroken. So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny for his birthday next week. She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. I cringe every time I see a pet offered on Freecycle. I only joined several months ago but so far I've seen a bunch of cats offered, as well as birds. No dogs, hamsters, smakes etc offered so far. -- Liz |
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Elizabeth Blake wrote:
"Snittens" wrote in message . .. I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, and I saw a post today that ****ed me off! The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and he will be heartbroken. So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny for his birthday next week. She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. I cringe every time I see a pet offered on Freecycle. I only joined several months ago but so far I've seen a bunch of cats offered, as well as birds. No dogs, hamsters, smakes etc offered so far. -- Liz The freecycle in Ottawa doesn't allow animals to be traded. Perhaps you could suggest this to the administrator in your area. Ramboyd ====== "My Ottawa Includes Corruption" |
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Snittens wrote: snipped I really want to email this woman and tell her how she is setting a bad example of how to treat animals. snipped -kelly Send her an e-mail, just don't post it on the freecycle group. There's nothing wrong with sending her a nice e-mail, in an attempt to make her stop and think about what she's doing. I cringe at the animal listings on freecycle too. I always respond privately and invite them to bring the animal to the shelter where it will be neutered before being placed in a home and offer to get the person an application for free spay/neuter for the mama cat/dog. The response has run the gamut from no response at all, to some very good endings. You're right about people's attitudes about shelters. Some just think it's a death sentence and don't realize the animal has a much better chance for a *good* home there. Sherry |
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Snittens wrote: I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, and I saw a post today that ****ed me off! The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and he will be heartbroken. So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny for his birthday next week. She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. OK, so how many things wrong with this messsage do you see? I really want to email this woman and tell her how she is setting a bad example of how to treat animals. But I will probably wimp out and not do it. Freecycle isn't a discussion group and it might get me kicked off. Don't even get me started on the animal listings! I have tried to get a number of cats and dogs into the shelter, but either they are gone, or people actually think that giving them away to a random stranger is better than taking them to *gasp, horrors* a shelter where the animal will be properly vetted, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and placed with a screened home. -kelly Honestly, there are times when I cannot take this kind of ****. I feel like no matter how much educating one does, there is always 10^5 more to do. Bam, bam, bam goes the head on the desk... -L. |
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:42:36 -0400, "Snittens"
wrote: I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, and I saw a post today that ****ed me off! The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and he will be heartbroken. So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny for his birthday next week. She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. OK, so how many things wrong with this messsage do you see? I really want to email this woman and tell her how she is setting a bad example of how to treat animals. But I will probably wimp out and not do it. Freecycle isn't a discussion group and it might get me kicked off. Don't even get me started on the animal listings! I have tried to get a number of cats and dogs into the shelter, but either they are gone, or people actually think that giving them away to a random stranger is better than taking them to *gasp, horrors* a shelter where the animal will be properly vetted, vaccinated, spayed/neutered, and placed with a screened home. -kelly Kelly, you might want to try nicely asking the moderators, explaining why, to ban all animal listings. This is what happened on my local Freeycle group, and listings for animals are now banned. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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Ding ding ding!! We have a winner Exactly my thoughts, Diane.
-- -Kelly "Diane" wrote in message ... In article , "Snittens" wrote: The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and shouldn't have been outside in the first place . . . and he will be heartbroken. and shouldn't be allowed to grieve, apparently . . . So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny which is nothing like a cat . . . for his birthday next week. because animals are commodities that can be replaced if one "breaks" . . . She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. . . . even though rabbits can be kept nicely indoors. How well did I do? -- Web site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.diaryland.com/ |
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I've seen just about every type of animal on there. I think the rules on
ours also say no animals, but they are on there anyway -- -Kelly "Elizabeth Blake" wrote in message nk.net... "Snittens" wrote in message . .. I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, and I saw a post today that ****ed me off! The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and he will be heartbroken. So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny for his birthday next week. She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. I cringe every time I see a pet offered on Freecycle. I only joined several months ago but so far I've seen a bunch of cats offered, as well as birds. No dogs, hamsters, smakes etc offered so far. -- Liz |
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Snittens wrote: I subscribe to the local Freecycle list, and I saw a post today that ****ed me off! The gist of it is that the woman's 9 yr old boy's cat was killed by a car and he will be heartbroken. So, she wants to surprise him with a bunny for his birthday next week. She is looking for an outdoor rabbit hutch. -kelly There is a whole other genre of people who do not see things the way you and Lady Di do So what should we do with these people? Nothing. I call it live and let live. I don't see why the article would anger you. Hey! Some people will take a rabbit and give it a name and pet it and love it. Others will fry it up. You know that. So you may call this post venting? but you never talked about what's bugging you. No...I mean really! I cannot believe it has anything to do with the article. |
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