Thursday, February 23, 2012

Trap, Neuter, Return: SB359

Virginia Senate Bill #359 would, if enacted, permit the operation of "Trap, Neuter, Return" programs to address the alleged problem of feral cats. Full text:

http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB359S1

This looks like a decent, ethical regulation against the cruel act of dumping unwanted pets beside a road, where many indoor pets will immediately approach a car (hoping to be taken home) and be run over, and other animals will starve.

Don't be deceived. If you are on the list of Delegates currently considering this bill--
Marshall, D.W. (Chairman), Orrock, Poindexter, Knight, Morefield, James, and Sickles--or are one of their constituents, it's especially important that you be undeceived.

What the "Humane Pet Genocide Society" really want to accomplish, when they're allowed to trap, neuter, and release allegedly feral cats, is the unauthorized sterilization of outdoor pets.

Our own Grandma Bonnie Peters has networked with sincere, misguided cat lovers participating in a TNR program in Tennessee, and is aware that most of the cats they've trapped are not feral at all. Most actually live within a few blocks of the site where they have been trapped. Some have been sterilized before they were trapped, and others have been left unaltered by owners who would have welcomed their kittens.

The long-term goal of TNR is to reduce domestic animal populations to the point of exterminating the domestic species. Wayne Pacelle has been quoted as actually boasting, "One more generation and they [domestic animals] are out [of existence]."

Responsible pet owners don't want dogs and cats to be "humanely" rendered extinct. Without trying to become professional "breeders," we may even want to preserve the DNA of especially valuable pets, and keep those bloodlines available to people who may reasonably want to adopt one of our puppies or kittens rather than take their chances on a shelter animal.

For my own current cat family, their ability to survive in feral or semi-feral conditions is one of their assets. This ability is based on an unusual "social" temperament, and high intelligence, which allow the cats to hunt as a team. The same qualities also make these cats especially lovable pets who get along well with other cats and really listen to their humans.

Some kittens born into this family have not inherited the family's special talents, and have in fact been sterilized...but how would we know which ones to sterilize if all of them weren't free-range outdoor "barn cats"? (At least, they're "barn cats" unless and until they display such a lack of survival skills that we think they need an indoor, urban-type lifestyle...this happened with only two kittens.)

I don't want any Humane Genocide Society "volunteers" creeping around Scott County, attempting to trap my friendly, tame, vaccinated free-range cats because they've been brainwashed to believe that "any outdoor cat can be considered feral." And Grandma Bonnie can verify that in Tennessee, where TNR operations are legal, that's exactly what TNR "volunteers" have been doing to her neighbors and their pets.

The goal is not merely to inflate the prices charged for shelter cats and cats from licensed commercial breeders; it is ultimately to exterminate domestic cats, as part of a deliberately planned strategy to reduce the human and domestic animal populations of North America. This strategy has been named "Agenda 21." Both Democrats and Republicans have mobilized grassroots groups nicknamed "Ag-Enders" whose goal is to oppose everything that's part of "Agenda 21," and TNR is part of "Agenda 21." So, whatever your political affiliation, your mandate from Virginia voters and taxpayers is to oppose TNR, along with "urban development areas," zoning ordinances for non-urban counties, "planning commissions," "carbon credits," "nutrient credits," efforts to turn family farms into state-run historical parks rather than private enterprises, and all the other nasty parts of "Agenda 21."

Don't fall for the propaganda about the animal population problem, either: As an animal rescuer who does not subscribe to Humane Pet Genocide Society policies about preventing most people from adopting pets, I can testify that every kitten, cat, or dog I've offered for adoption has found a loving home within a few months. There is actually a need for more domestic animals who can be transferred directly from good homes, to good homes, without the inherently inhumane "shelter" process.

Many people have not yet taken the time to question HSUS propaganda, or critically read Pacelle's palpably dishonest book The Bond, so they may still think that the Humane Society of the United States exists in order to promote kindness to animals. They are honestly mistaken.

Please help people who actually like and appreciate domestic animals to oppose policies for "humanely" exterminating them.

Fellow Virginians, if you recognize the name of your Delegate on the list above, there's a reason why the names probably look different from the rest of this post on your computer screen. Those are live links directly to your Delegate's office. Please use these links to send your Delegates e-mail urging them to oppose SB359 and oppose local TNR programs.

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