[Felvtalk] Cats as "property"

[Ardy Robertson]

This is a tad off topic but I have a friend who bought a chocolate lab puppy
supposed to be certified or whatever to have healthy hips, because labs are
prone to hip dysplasia or something like that. Anyway, after their family
fell in love with the puppy and it was firmly a member of their family,
"Tasha" developed a painful hip problem. The vet said the dog would probably
need surgery and quoted them a ballpark of a couple thousand dollars. They
contacted the breeder they had purchased the dog from who told them he would
give them a puppy from the next litter. Of course that was probably all he
could offer at that time but I thought it was kinda cold sounding after they
already loved THEIR dog!

At any rate, I gave my friend a small Homedics brand battery-operated
massager ($6.00) like one that my hubby uses on his shoulder and for sciatic
nerve pain in his legs, and he tried it on the dog's hips. Later on he was
going to give it back to me and I told him I had meant for him to keep it.
He said they had purchased one because the dog loves it so much. He said
Tasha actually goes and gets it in his mouth and brings it to them for them
to use on his hips, and now the vet says he may not need surgery. I think it
stimulated blood flow / oxygen to the area and has made quite a difference.
Such a simple, cheap therapy!


-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Amani Oakley
Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 11:08 AM
To: felinerescue at frontier.com; felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats as "property"

Lorrie

I completely agree with you, but the law often lags behind the views of
society, and if legislators don't push forward these issues, the law can
remain mired in the dark ages. As "property", the law only considers animals
to be worth their replacement value, period. They don't "deserve respect" in
the eyes of the law, because they are the equivalent of a lawn mower or
chair. Of course this is totally out of step with the views of most
Canadians and Americans, and other nationalities around the world, and there
is the occasional judge who recognizes that fact, but you sure can't count
on it when starting litigation. In the U.S., it is possible to initiate
litigation for significant numbers, claiming punitive or aggravated damages,
but I would guess that only in circumstances where a vet has been overtly
and deliberately cruel would there be in the potential for someone to be
successful in advancing those kinds of heads of damages.

There was a discussion on my legal chatline some time ago, regarding an
unpleasant divorce. The husband had promised to look after the wife's cats
until she found a place to stay. Instead, he took her cats in to the local
shelter. The shelter refused to let the woman know who had adopted the cats,
or if they even had been adopted. The lawyer representing the wife was
asking the rest of us lawyers, if there was anything he could do in terms of
going after the husband for this nasty behaviour, and sure enough, all the
lawyers told him that there was no legal basis to pursue damages related to
what he had done. I was the only one on my chatline saying that if MY
husband EVER handed over my cats during a family dispute, then he had been
run and just keep on running. But that's taking the law into my own hands,
of course. The courts are unlikely to do much, nor do they have the legal
grounds to do something, even if they wanted to do so.

Amani

-----Original Message-----
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Lorrie
Sent: October-25-15 8:09 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cats as "property"

On 10-24, dlgegg at windstream.net wrote:

> It is a shame that cats and dogs, any animal is "just property". 
> That reduces them to almost 'nothing in the law's eyes.  As property, 
> do they not have any value?  They deserve respect at the very least.
> Any one tell me my cats are just property and not deserving of love, 
> respect and proper care had better be prepared to run as fast as he 
> can.  Someone once said he would use them for target practice.  I told 
> him he would be lying on the ground next to them.
-
I rescue abandoned cats and kittens and last year I found a calico kitten
about 8 or 9 weeks old. She was walking down the street right in the middle
of town and this creep saw her at the same time and wanted to feed her to
his "pet python". Well you can be sure he didn't get this poor baby. She is
still with us, spayed, happy and loved.
-
Lorrie
 

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