While there are instances where domestic pet euthanasia is the best and most humane option, the real crime is censorship to prevent discussion about it.
Unfortunately, most of the laws that restrict government from doing these things have no penalty clause so local and state agencies just violate them with impunity. The legislators do this by design and with intention. They put penalties in laws that restrict private citizens, and omit penalties from laws that restrict government.
Years ago I fought the City of Grapevine over its "no pit bull adoption to the public" policy. It was in clear violation of the Texas law forbidding breed specific policies but the animal services admin and police chief didn't care because there are (to this day) no penalties for violating that law.
I even wrote a draft bill with appropriate penalties and presented it to Giovani Capriglioni, who brushed it off.
He did make a call on my behalf and helped put a stop to the Grapevine infractions, but he refused to consider putting teeth into the law to stop other local governments continuing to ignore it.
When Giovanni first ran I remember telling him that I hated political flyers where the whole family is decked out in white shirts and denim with no pets included in the picture perfect family grouping. For me and many others, having a pet suggests something about that person. So what does he go out and do? He goes to the pound with his kids and adopts a dog. He later confessed to me that the dog hated his guts but liked his wife and daughters. One wonders at the dogs acumen in recognizing a fraud when he sniffed one.
We are a throw away society and the least among us are those who suffer the most. One app that totally censors any negative commentary from being posted is the Nextdoor APP that people so often use to post lost and/or found pets. The total irresponsibility of people and their pet care shown on a daily basis on the Nextdoor pages is mind boggling. I have to wonder if they are as careless with their children as they are with their pet companions. Any comments that don't commiserate with the person who got careless with their pet and lost it gets their accnt disabled. You are only allowed to post pablum and desist from stating the obvious like we have coyotes, bobcats, owls and other predating animals who might make a meal out of their pet. Heaven forbid that a person is made to feel bad in any way or take responsibility for their pets. The admins on that sight currently have my accnt disabled for referring to them as Nextdoor Nannies. Go figure.
While there are instances where domestic pet euthanasia is the best and most humane option, the real crime is censorship to prevent discussion about it.
Unfortunately, most of the laws that restrict government from doing these things have no penalty clause so local and state agencies just violate them with impunity. The legislators do this by design and with intention. They put penalties in laws that restrict private citizens, and omit penalties from laws that restrict government.
Years ago I fought the City of Grapevine over its "no pit bull adoption to the public" policy. It was in clear violation of the Texas law forbidding breed specific policies but the animal services admin and police chief didn't care because there are (to this day) no penalties for violating that law.
I even wrote a draft bill with appropriate penalties and presented it to Giovani Capriglioni, who brushed it off.
He did make a call on my behalf and helped put a stop to the Grapevine infractions, but he refused to consider putting teeth into the law to stop other local governments continuing to ignore it.
When Giovanni first ran I remember telling him that I hated political flyers where the whole family is decked out in white shirts and denim with no pets included in the picture perfect family grouping. For me and many others, having a pet suggests something about that person. So what does he go out and do? He goes to the pound with his kids and adopts a dog. He later confessed to me that the dog hated his guts but liked his wife and daughters. One wonders at the dogs acumen in recognizing a fraud when he sniffed one.
We are a throw away society and the least among us are those who suffer the most. One app that totally censors any negative commentary from being posted is the Nextdoor APP that people so often use to post lost and/or found pets. The total irresponsibility of people and their pet care shown on a daily basis on the Nextdoor pages is mind boggling. I have to wonder if they are as careless with their children as they are with their pet companions. Any comments that don't commiserate with the person who got careless with their pet and lost it gets their accnt disabled. You are only allowed to post pablum and desist from stating the obvious like we have coyotes, bobcats, owls and other predating animals who might make a meal out of their pet. Heaven forbid that a person is made to feel bad in any way or take responsibility for their pets. The admins on that sight currently have my accnt disabled for referring to them as Nextdoor Nannies. Go figure.