Anderson To FINE Pet Owners For Un-neutered / Spayed Pets!

[Palehorse]

I just saw a news story that said the city of Anderson is planning upon initiating a fine of 100 dollars per pet on owners of un neutered and un-spayed pets in the city! (Dogs and cats). In addition, breeders will be required to purchase a license as well!

The city council is supposed to vote on this ordinance this week at 7 PM, and it is the FIRST I have heard of this! I am NOT happy about it either. . .

[Locutus]

Just how do they intend to tell which pets are spayed or neutered, and which ones aren't?  Seems to me that's going to be a tad bit difficult to enforce.   

[me]

Probably vet records when you get the license.  Don't know about the older ones that already have their license.  I kind of understand it but I sure don't agree with it. 

[Palehorse]

I take my animals to a vet out of town for his annual shots, etc. There is no way I am going to cut his nuts off because I already made the choice not to when he was a pup!

But I assume that's the way they'll try to enforce it, via the vets. . .

And no I do NOT understand it. They are using the Anderson shelter as the reason for it. Hey, it is not my fault they are filled to capacity with animals and 96% of them are not fixed. They are looking for a way to fund the shelter and generate revenues, and they think they have the right to tell pet owners they have to have all of their pets neutered!? That is crap! 

Start enforcing the laws that are on the books dammit! Start euthanizing the pets that owners do not come and pick up and you won't have that overcrowding problem! While I certainly don't like the fact they'll be killing animals, my point is if the animals owners were responsible owners the pets would not be in the shelter in the first place!!!!!!!! So killing them is probably doing them a favor anyway!

[Palehorse]

Here's a link to the story the Rag HB posted on the topic. . . Apparently the story I saw on the news was wrong about it being owners of adult pets, but rather those purchasing puppies or kittens. Although, I am more inclined to think the TV news had it right and the HB wrong, given the HB's history. . .

http://heraldbulletin.com/crime/x2018347274/Anderson-to-consider-mandatory-pet-neutering

[The Troll]

Here's a link to the story the Rag HB posted on the topic. . . Apparently the story I saw on the news was wrong about it being owners of adult pets, but rather those purchasing puppies or kittens. Although, I am more inclined to think the TV news had it right and the HB wrong, given the HB's history. . .

http://heraldbulletin.com/crime/x2018347274/Anderson-to-consider-mandatory-pet-neutering

  Another touchy/feely yuppie law.   One that's impossible to enforce.  What is so expensive about putting unwanted animals to sleep?  Let the hog farmers feed them to the hogs, fish food.  Get some good use out of them.  Now don't get me wrong,  I loved my animals, spoiled them to death.  But, I sure don't like somebodies else's unwanted animals.

  It put me in mind of a story in California.  Koreans where adopting some many of the large dogs.  Somebody a the dog pound thought that this one Korean family was adopting one a week was a little odd.  It was just like it is here, you had to pay for them.

  Then they found out they were eating them.  OH MY GODD %##**&%#% EATING THEM.  Koreans like to eat dogs.  So the good people said, if you are going to eat they, you can't adopt them.  If we can't adopt them out, we'll put them to sleep and bury them.  All of the money and protein lost.

  French like to eat horse, but the dumbass Americans don't want to use horses, dog or cats for food.  Put them to sleep, but don't eat them.  Stupidity rules in America.

[me]

  Another touchy/feely yuppie law.   One that's impossible to enforce.  What is so expensive about putting unwanted animals to sleep?  Let the hog farmers feed them to the hogs, fish food.  Get some good use out of them.  Now don't get me wrong,  I loved my animals, spoiled them to death.  But, I sure don't like somebodies else's unwanted animals.

  It put me in mind of a story in California.  Koreans where adopting some many of the large dogs.  Somebody a the dog pound thought that this one Korean family was adopting one a week was a little odd.  It was just like it is here, you had to pay for them.

  Then they found out they were eating them.  OH MY GODD %##**&%#% EATING THEM.  Koreans like to eat dogs.  So the good people said, if you are going to eat they, you can't adopt them.  If we can't adopt them out, we'll put them to sleep and bury them.  All of the money and protein lost.

  French like to eat horse, but the dumbass Americans don't want to use horses, dog or cats for food.  Put them to sleep, but don't eat them.  Stupidity rules in America.

And then they go out and have a hamburger, chicken, or big ham sammich for lunch....go figure.....   Personally I can't see eating cat or dog meat but it's because our culture is different and we aren't raised to think of those particular animals as meat. 

[The Troll]

And then they go out and have a hamburger, chicken, or big ham sammich for lunch....go figure.....   Personally I can't see eating cat or dog meat but it's because our culture is different and we aren't raised to think of those particular animals as meat.

  So what are you trying say.  I don't get the "then they go out and have a hamburger, chicken or a big ham sammich for lunch."

  I knew a man who was a kid in the Hoover depression.  He said they ate opossum, coon, crows, ground hogs, pigeons and rats.  He said that if you didn't, you didn't have any meat.  No protein.  He said we were starving to death.

  That one of the reason the French eat horse.  They went two World Wars and that was all they had to eat.  The same with the Koreans.

[me]

  So what are you trying say.  I don't get the "then they go out and have a hamburger, chicken or a big ham sammich for lunch."

  I knew a man who was a kid in the Hoover depression.  He said they ate opossum, coon, crows, ground hogs, pigeons and rats.  He said that if you didn't, you didn't have any meat.  No protein.  He said we were starving to death.

  That one of the reason the French eat horse.  They went two World Wars and that was all they had to eat.  The same with the Koreans.

What I'm trying to say is they don't hold with eating a dog or cat which is common in the Korean culture but will go out and eat a hamburger or other meat which is common in our culture and call the Korean wrong.  Then they end up killing the dog or cat anyway because no one adopted it and, like you mentioned, the meat that could have fed someone has gone to waste. 

[The Troll]

What I'm trying to say is they don't hold with eating a dog or cat which is common in the Korean culture but will go out and eat a hamburger or other meat which is common in our culture and call the Korean wrong.  Then they end up killing the dog or cat anyway because no one adopted it and, like you mentioned, the meat that could have fed someone has gone to waste.

  Thank you.  That sounded right to me.  India was having a rat problem in one of their provinces.  The had some chiefs figure out a way to fix them to eat.  They went out to the people and showed the people how to eat them and provide protein to the food.  The rat problem went away.  Hey, kids, the rats are on, wash your hands.

[me]

  Thank you.  That sounded right to me.  India was having a rat problem in one of their provinces.  The had some chiefs figure out a way to fix them to eat.  They went out to the people and showed the people how to eat them and provide protein to the food.  The rat problem went away.  Hey, kids, the rats are on, wash your hands.

Now that might make me turn vegetarian real quick......eeeeeewwwww

[The Troll]

Now that might make me turn vegetarian real quick......eeeeeewwwww

  Would you eat a squirrel, a rabbit their are rodents, just like the rat.  If the rat has clean food and clean water, I would imagine it would taste like squirrel.

  Want a bite of my rat.  Crispy Fried Critters.  Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[me]

  Would you eat a squirrel, a rabbit their are rodents, just like the rat.  If the rat has clean food and clean water, I would imagine it would taste like squirrel.

  Want a bite of my rat.  Crispy Fried Critters.  Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Don't eat squirrel or rabbit.    Yes, I've tried both but don't like it.

[followsthewolf]

Have eaten them all, plus some other more exotic critters, including insects.

Only one I absolutely cannot tolerate is muskrat, no matter how it is dressed up.

[Locutus]

  ...on these last few posts.