[Felvtalk] Cats as "property"

[dlgegg at windstream.net]

How wonderful for them and Tasha.

---- Ardy Robertson <ardyr at centurytel.net> wrote: 
> 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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