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The real problem, staff said, is hamsters.
People buy the high-strung, nocturnal rodents because they're under the temporary impression that hamsters are cute and cuddly. But the new owners quickly learn that hamsters are, in fact, prone to biting, gnawing through expensive wiring and maniacally racing on their exercise wheels at 2 a.m.
So the animals end up at the shelter. Just about every species has its own rescue group in San Francisco, but no one seems to want hamsters. Hamsters are the No. 1 animal euthanized at the city's shelter, said San Francisco Animal Care and Control director Rebecca Katz.
"It's definitely a concern," she said. "They're an impulse buy, and we do sometimes get tons of them, especially babies."
S.F. considers banning sale of pets except fish
The real problem, staff said, is hamsters.
People buy the high-strung, nocturnal rodents because they're under the temporary impression that hamsters are cute and cuddly. But the new owners quickly learn that hamsters are, in fact, prone to biting, gnawing through expensive wiring and maniacally racing on their exercise wheels at 2 a.m.
So the animals end up at the shelter. Just about every species has its own rescue group in San Francisco, but no one seems to want hamsters. Hamsters are the No. 1 animal euthanized at the city's shelter, said San Francisco Animal Care and Control director Rebecca Katz.
"It's definitely a concern," she said. "They're an impulse buy, and we do sometimes get tons of them, especially babies."
I think it's safe to say that the hampster has fallen off the wheel in SF.
"I do not support this proposed law." - Richard Gere
"I do not support this proposed law." - Richard Gere
San Francisco is where the movement to declare pets as "companions" instead of pets began. The reason they wanted to do that was so animals could eventually obtain voting rights (no shit) and be used to prop up their crazy politics that nobody else in the world wants anything to do with.
"I do not support this proposed law." - Richard Gere
I find it interesting...if a thread has violated assholes in it, you show up within seconds.
What is that about?
San Francisco is where the movement to declare pets as "companions" instead of pets began. The reason they wanted to do that was so animals could eventually obtain voting rights (no shit) and be used to prop up their crazy politics that nobody else in the world wants anything to do with.
Okay, Allie...now is time for you to use your arsenal back up your statements with some facts.
San Francisco is where the movement to declare pets as "companions" instead of pets began. The reason they wanted to do that was so animals could eventually obtain voting rights (no shit) and be used to prop up their crazy politics that nobody else in the world wants anything to do with.
Okay, Allie...now is time for you to use your arsenal back up your statements with some facts.
Here you go...
they wanted to change owners into "guardians". The objective was to establish RIGHTS for animals. Do you know what a "right" is or will you demand I define that for you, as well?
In 2003:
"Animals need to be regarded as more than the material property of an owner," Dr. Elliot Katz, president of In Defense of Animals, said in January after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 in favor of the measure.
As part of the "They Are Not Our Property, We Are Not Their Owners" campaign, IDA, a California-based animal rights organization, tried unsuccessfully in 1999 to get the city ordinance changed to recognize pet owners as guardians also. Their effort was widely publicized, however, and led to similar initiatives across the country (see JAVMA, April 15, 2001, page 1240)."
"Dr. Duane Flemming, a lawyer and owner of a veterinary ophthalmology practice in Pleasant Hill, Calif., believes that by changing the legal terminology, animal rights groups such as IDA are laying the groundwork for an eventual legal challenge to the status of pets as property.
"There is an underlying goal here, and that is to attain standing at court," Dr. Flemming explained, while noting that animal rights groups have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to sue for the interest of an animal."
Pet owners in San Francisco become 'pet guardians' - March 1, 2003
Have I told you recently what an idiot you are?
Okay, Allie...now is time for you to use your arsenal back up your statements with some facts.
Here you go...
they wanted to change owners into "guardians". The objective was to establish RIGHTS for animals. Do you know what a "right" is or will you demand I define that for you, as well?
In 2003:
"Animals need to be regarded as more than the material property of an owner," Dr. Elliot Katz, president of In Defense of Animals, said in January after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 in favor of the measure.
As part of the "They Are Not Our Property, We Are Not Their Owners" campaign, IDA, a California-based animal rights organization, tried unsuccessfully in 1999 to get the city ordinance changed to recognize pet owners as guardians also. Their effort was widely publicized, however, and led to similar initiatives across the country (see JAVMA, April 15, 2001, page 1240)."
"Dr. Duane Flemming, a lawyer and owner of a veterinary ophthalmology practice in Pleasant Hill, Calif., believes that by changing the legal terminology, animal rights groups such as IDA are laying the groundwork for an eventual legal challenge to the status of pets as property.
"There is an underlying goal here, and that is to attain standing at court," Dr. Flemming explained, while noting that animal rights groups have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts to sue for the interest of an animal."
Pet owners in San Francisco become 'pet guardians' - March 1, 2003
Have I told you recently what an idiot you are?
FAIL.
You have yet to prove where they were doing this "so animals could eventually obtain voting rights".
I'll give you another chance so that your FAIL does not become an EPIC FAIL.
