IS ANYBODY LISTENING? HELLO??

A few weeks ago , I mentioned that companion animals were being auctioned off in our area. We have seen tons of pleas across the board to help stop this practice in the States but , no one is doing anything about the goings on right under our noses. It is time for rescues to clean up their own back yards and then help their Canadian neighbours , instead of bringing in more dogs from the States. And I mean now. Not next week. If you feel like being a do gooder, then expose the garbage that goes on in local shelters and pounds. Save the animals here. And don`t give me that old " rescue has no borders" crap. You are letting our own animals go to the needle or gas and blowing your own horns by being such good' stewards of animal welfare" Give me a bloody break.
I told you and every one that would listen, including every rescue group in Ontario, that dogs were being auctioned at Trails End in the London area. Did any of you go and check it out? I doubt it.
So, guess what?? One of our girls went there yesterday and at my request , grabbed every dog she could. Four pups, about 8 weeks old were sitting there , frightened and unwanted except for the money they could bring in. They are now in foster care with us.
This is just the tip of the ice-burg and no one is listening to me. Whats wrong? Am I not important enough? Smart enough? Not associated with the right political party?
AUCTIONING OF UNWANTED PETS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
Get off your thumbs and check out the underground animal trade in your own area. It sure doesn`t take long. I dug around for one day and got extremely upset.
Just because the pound/shelter in your town is empty doesn`t mean that there aren`t hundreds of Ontario dogs and cats that need help. And will die because your group fosters are full of Yankee dogs.
Wouldn`t it be better to see zero kills at all Ontario shelters and pounds? Or at least get it down to 1 or 2 % to account for the poor babies that get hit by cars or are so ill that they aren`t fixable.
I am so sick of seeing mutts being sold in every paper and website for ridiculous prices .
Do something about that if you need a local cause. Write letters to the editors or webmasters. E-mail the sellers and explain nicely what they are doing wrong.
Put it on your own websites. Do SOMETHING for the animals in Ontario.
The mere fact that the Humane Society is bringing in animals from the states, makes me shake in fear for the dogs in their back rooms that they feel are 'un-adoptable'
Get a grip, people. The Yankee rescues have just as many resources available as we do here in Ontario, or they wouldn`t be offering all vetting for any dogs that Ontario rescues take. And I`m a little amazed that you think transporting an animal for two days is actually a good thing. Tell that to the little Yankee pup I have buried in my garden. Too long a trip, too young , too many mysterious germs along the way.
They have Best Friends and many other really good small town rescues and really do not need our help. And please don`t even mention PETA and the H$U$. They talk a good story, grab your money and then kill as many animals they can. They both believe in annihilating any dog that resembles an American Pitbull Terrier or any of the breeds that are mentioned in our so called 'pitbull ban' which is the stupidest piece of legislation that our government has every tabled.
I feel that the only reason that some of the groups wish to continue importing these babies , is that the vetting is already done at a cheaper rate, so their adoption fees will stay in the bank instead of going on shots and altering and Heartworm tests for local dogs and cats. Someone once told me that Rescue is a Business and should be handled like one. I am guilty of helping with American dogs but now I know about these frigging auctions, that little experiment has come to a complete halt. My conscience won`t let me ignore the animals in my Ontario.
What happened to the pure ideal of rescue? Helping to re-home the unwanted animals in our own areas. Taking in the un-adoptable and turning them around.

I had a report of a pregnant Potbellied Pig being auctioned off at this same place recently.
I wonder who`s table she`s feeding.
later