Re: OT Animal Rescue

By way of contrast, has anyone read about what Boone Pickens has
just done for the animals left behind in N.O.?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/11/katrina.dog.flight.ap/index.html

Eliyahu

"Barbara Carlson" <bbcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I agree. My son has 2--in his separate apartment. We have 2. The
>caretaker who lives in a trailer on the property has one. I think
>5 is our limit here. I don't think anyone would notice if we had
>another, but I don't like to take the chance because I would be
>devastated if I had to part with one I was attached to. The
>caretaker's dog adores and guards the horses which is why Animal
>Control never got called when he was "dropped off." He appears to
>be a Wheaton Terrier. The caretaker adopted him. He lives in a
>trailer on property and in return looks after the place when we go
>off and feeds the horses (by his choice, as I used to do take care
>of them, and still see that they get their carrots).
>
> We get a lot of "drop offs" some of them quite nice dogs and you
> wonder why--but possibly since there is a considerable geriatric
> population here some may just be from people forced to give them
> up for whatever reason. If they are nice dogs in good condition
> we may keep them a few days and try to find homes for them, but a
> lot are in poor condition and some downright awful. A number are
> pit bulls, which are illegal to own in Miami-Dade County, so there
> is nothing we can do but call Animal Control for those and you
> know they are going to be put down.
>
> I cannot understand abandoning animals. The people who do it
> should be dropped off in the middle of the Sahara Desert and told,
> "Good Luck."
>
> Barb C.
> "RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:yZ3Ve.87216$Hx4.18931@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> I'm using don't ask don't tell method. LOL. I rather doubt where
>> I am there is a limit on cats. Dogs, it may be if you more than a
>> given number you have to have a kennel license. Horses, I
>> believe, require 3 acres each, so I'm covered for two. I can see
>> limits in city limits but if you're on a large acreage or farm,
>> should be nobody's business - long as you're taking care of them
>> properly, i.e., not a "hoarder" who is abusing and keeping in
>> squalor.
>>
>>
>> Barbara Carlson wrote:
>>> That's my problem too--we have the legal limit now or I would
>>> adopt one, and my son's Greater Swiss Mt. Dog may be pregnant
>>> and they want to keep one of the litter! We already have more
>>> adopted cats than anyone can reasonable be expected to own!
>>>
>>> Barb C.
>>> "Judity" <Judity01@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:3ojfm7F63f1bU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>((I have already contributed through a local organization--may
>>>>do so again! ))
>>>>
>>>>Same here, Barb, through PetsMart. I would be more than willing
>>>>to adopt one of the homeless cats if they came up here to Santa
>>>>Rosa's shelters. I'm one over the legal limit for my area
>>>>already; what's one more?
>>>>
>>>>Judity
>>>>http://judity.myblogsite.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>


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