So Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided that a good way to save money is to allow animal shelters to put animals to death 72 hours after they've been captured, even if the shelter wasn't open during that time. That's just cats and dogs, though. Other animals could be put to death immediately, shelters wouldn't have to use the microchip technology to find pets' owners, and people convicted of animal cruelty would be able to adopt another pet. Argh! I do love this quote, however, from a political analyst on why it's bad politics to go against animals: "Cats and dogs are like mom and apple pie. Don't mess with the pets. Most people prefer them to other people."
Fortunately, the proposal didn't go through. But what kind of person would be like, "We need to save money. I know! Let's kill pound animals!"
Posted by Barb at June 26, 2004 12:09 PM | TrackBack