tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post2881329038876562391..comments2024-01-01T16:01:35.711+00:00Comments on Dick Puddlecote: Will Somebody Please Think Of The Goldfish!Dick Puddlecotehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-45426918061100522622011-06-21T13:36:47.058+01:002011-06-21T13:36:47.058+01:00So, exactly how does one acquire a 'companion ...So, exactly how does one acquire a 'companion animal'? And what if I want a sheepdog or some chickens? <br /><br />I guess moving might be simpler (not that I live there, thankfully - being surrounded by Californians would be quite bad enough).J Bonington Jagworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276478597326413459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-1422033333137941252011-06-18T04:21:46.923+01:002011-06-18T04:21:46.923+01:00In a way - PETA is to pet-keepers, what ASH is to ...In a way - PETA is to pet-keepers, what ASH is to smokers.<br /><br />Each group would like to see the receiving ends of their actions essentially gotten rid of, by whatever means necessary, including inducing death directly, when they can get away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-80667665091393344082011-06-17T22:42:37.715+01:002011-06-17T22:42:37.715+01:00"..PETA's aims to stop people having pets...<i>"..PETA's aims to stop people having pets at all as it is demeaning to the animal?"</i><br /><br />Maybe I'm missing something as this isn't an issue I've spent a lot of time on, but this reminds me of when I asked a preaching vegetarian "how many sheep and cattle do vegetarians keep alive compared to the rest of us?".<br /><br />w/v = ozate<br />so close, so close to 'ate zoo'DerekPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-76241322229222346222011-06-17T17:17:27.478+01:002011-06-17T17:17:27.478+01:00Anon @ 16:14: Ah, but isn't one of PETA's ...Anon @ 16:14: Ah, but isn't one of PETA's aims to stop people having pets at all as it is demeaning to the animal? I do believe it is, you know. This legislation is right up their street, then.<br /><br />A new black market in the offing.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-15220262788740114862011-06-17T16:59:41.608+01:002011-06-17T16:59:41.608+01:00On 'liberal' American blogs I often see pe...On 'liberal' American blogs I often see people who live in the National Socialist State of California congratulating themselves on having the most 'progressive' state government in the world.<br /><br />I have said for years everyone in Californias is insane. If they will put up with this sort of idiocy it proves my point.<br /><br />I love the story that came up last year about the scientists who claimed they had discovered alien life in the state. Amazingly it was not residing in the state capital, Sacramento.Ian R Thorpehttp://www.greenteethmm.com/alien-life-california.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-28349612917181322982011-06-17T16:14:09.507+01:002011-06-17T16:14:09.507+01:00They have been pushing this for a while now, maybe...They have been pushing this for a while now, maybe since the last year. The source is from the government animal welfare department. So think of it. If they can force pet stores to not sell pets and put them out of business, then all the business for pets would be only through the government operated animal shelters and some nonprofits, such as PETA. And if the government (and/or government co-funded charity) animal shelters have a total monopoly on all pet sales, then they will be able to charge whatever they like in way of fees and extra charges associated with pet adoptions, since there will be no free market stopping them and government legislation enabling them. But more importantly, this will increase the justification for need of increased budget to the animal welfare department, the hiring of more government employees, growth of bureaucracy and the retention of current employees at higher salaries and benefit levels - after all, they will have made themselves more indispensible, by simply shutting down every private owned pet store in the city. So from that insider perspective of "creating jobs" and "growing the economy" - but only for government workers - that is probably the "logic" they are using to promote and justify the ban on selling pets by pet stores (which will go out of business and become obsolete).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-61339485915901863002011-06-17T15:09:12.913+01:002011-06-17T15:09:12.913+01:00No Michael you can't sell them. You can't ...No Michael you can't sell them. You can't charge that small fee that covers the cost of the innoculations, and the vet fees you paid.<br /><br />Result- far more puppies and kittens will go without checkups, and innoculations. And they won't be spayed either because that costs money too.<br /><br />Animal suffering will be increased, not decreased, by this bone-headed measure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-63835440844116551282011-06-17T14:48:13.859+01:002011-06-17T14:48:13.859+01:00What if your dog has puppies? Can't you sell t...What if your dog has puppies? Can't you sell them?Michael Fowkehttp://moneyistheway.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-87325142328501532722011-06-17T14:34:00.778+01:002011-06-17T14:34:00.778+01:00Callie: Not yet, the bill is still going through b...Callie: Not yet, the bill is still going through but this week they added fish to the prohibited animals. Check the links above.Dick Puddlecotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01481866882188932892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-31079001373072216092011-06-17T14:30:41.366+01:002011-06-17T14:30:41.366+01:00that was posted a year ago.. did it happen?that was posted a year ago.. did it happen?Callienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-22490566601868872662011-06-17T14:29:02.364+01:002011-06-17T14:29:02.364+01:00Frisco? Doesn't one of their minority groups ...Frisco? Doesn't one of their minority groups rather enjoy the occasional guinea pig pie?Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3141759542968821728.post-79480341195796740692011-06-17T12:07:33.245+01:002011-06-17T12:07:33.245+01:00When did we lose the capability and gumption to te...When did we lose the capability and gumption to tell these morons to "Just Fuck OFF!!"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com