[Ansteorra] Duchess Willow needs cat help

Thu Jul 28 19:23:46 PDT 2011

greetings

duchess willow currently resides in north Tulsa , Okla..
Tulsa , Oklahoma has several pet " protection " laws on the books, including 
if you have more than x number of  cats / dogs , or combination thereof that 
you must purchase a kennel license every year.and allow random inspections 
of your kennels. also all of your pets must have and maintain all required 
shots every year . ( rabies still shows up from time to time here about, not 
to mention parvo , mange and other pet diseases ).
some of these really are to protect the animals, others seem more likely to 
add money to the city bank account.

also , just a casual observation , but so far as I have been able to 
determine , many , if not all members of the sca seem to suffer from some 
level of " hoarding " , be it books, material, armor, clothing, ( ok, I 
admit there was a bow making bench in my library for over a year ;) etc. we 
all have lots of " stuff " and we give up rooms in our houses, as well as 
storage sheds and money , to house all that " stuff " , sometimes having the 
" stuff " becomes more important than nutritious food, or clean clothing, or 
emptying the litter box , or taking our meds, but it's ok because we still 
have our " stuff ".
I just realized that I am as guilty as anyone in this matter over the last 
couple of months, and plan on having a fall cleaning session when it cools 
off some , I realized I still have pants , underwear, socks and t-shirts, 
and even my old motorcycle jacket in a closet from the 1970's , I have 
several duplicate titles in my library, ( unusable due to " stuff " stored 
there ) which needs cleaned out, as well as stacks of containers full of " 
stuff " on my back porch that haven't been opened in many years , other than 
to say oh yea , that's where that went ,and be closed up again : ( .
many times it is a subconscious need to have " stuff " , luckily I'm not so 
far down that road that I " have " to have " stuff " , it is just "stuff " 
after all, and others may be better able to use that  " stuff " whether by 
gift or by sale I hope to have much more room and a cleaner house soon , 
although my cat may dislike me for removing her hidey holes .I'm sure she 
will eventually forgive me ; )

just my observations and opinions, your reality may be different; )
Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
Arthur

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Snipes" <lesdsnipes at yahoo.com>
To: " Inc.Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Duchess Willow needs cat help

Great Lady, Please forgive me but I've forgotten what part of Oklahoma 
you're in and would like to reach out to some friends who might be able to 
find homes for your kitties.

I hope all of you will forgive me taking a bit of bandwidth here...
The animal rights activists are more active than ever and OK and TX are 
hotbeds of activity.  Despite publicity to the contrary, the activists do 
not primarily target people like Vick and dog fighting.  Their primary 
target is a far more average owner of animals and seizures/forfeitures are 
done quietly across the country every day.  I have seen someone with as few 
as 4 animals accused of "hoarding".

If one is so unlucky as to have their animal seizure publicized, they will 
likely end up in several on-line databases and forever be tagged as 
"hoarders" and "abusers" and there are movements and pending legislation for 
animal abuse databases similar to the sex abuser database which, if you've 
paid attention, often includes young adults who had the misfortune of 
turning "of age" before their sweetheart did.  The animal abuse registry 
will similarly include those who simply do not belong in it.

What Duchess Willow is experiencing is only unusual in that she's getting 
the opportunity to place her animals herself and I'm sure talking the SPCA 
into that was NO easy task.  Here in Texas, the activists generally show up 
with animal control and someone from Adult Protective Services.  They ask 
the animal owner to "surrender" ownership under threat of being locked up 
for a psychological evaluation.  If you live alone, that means they are 
going to take your animals for want of care.  They primarily target older 
animal owners (especially women), usually seize all animals, hold a 
forfeiture hearing in under 10 days before a JP, summarily forfeit the 
animals to the activist group (which is then free to kill or sell them), and 
then criminal charges (sometimes felony charges) are filed.

If you're thinking "cat lady", STOP.  They target owners of all animals: 
dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, ferrets, turtles, livestock... oh, and 
especially those who own more exotic animals like birds of prey or big cats. 
They prey upon those who cannot defend themselves.

I blogged on this rather steadily under my pseudonym for about a year at 
http://pjboosinger.jigsy.com/

If you own animals and think you, the owner, is the one in a better position 
to make decisions for your animals than complete strangers who will seize 
them, stuff them in cages and likely kill them if they are beyond 
puppy/kitty cute stage; if you believe that property rights underpin the 
freedom of this country; then I would suggest that animal law is a subject 
you should learn at least a bit about.  If you own more than 5 animals, I 
would suggest you need to learn a lot and fast.

I will now step off my soapbox and ask that those who have an interest and 
want more information check out my blog a bit and then contact me at 
PJBoosinger at yahoo.com

If you can help Duchess Willow find even temporary accommodations for her 
cats while ongoing efforts for permanent placement continue, PLEASE do so. 
I know enough about this issue to fear for all her cats, her and her family.

Pandora

--- On Thu, 7/28/11, willowdewisp at juno.com <willowdewisp at juno.com> wrote:

> From: willowdewisp at juno.com <willowdewisp at juno.com>
> Subject: [Ansteorra] Duchess Willow  needs cat help
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 5:02 PM
> Hello, I know i got lots of help when
> we moved to OK and I thank everyone.
> Many of you know that I had too many cats and some of you
> toke some of my cats. I ran out of brownie Points and no one
> had room for more cats. At that time I had 15. Since
> that time I have gotten down to 9, but I can only have 5 in
> OK.
> Somebody who knew me called the SPCA and turned me in and I
> must get rid of 4 cat at once. I have big beautiful black
> fixed boy cat to small beigh blue eyed cats. I have lots of
> stripy cats.
> Please help me. The remaining cats are my dear friends and
> If I can't find a no-kill place for them I don't know what I
> will do.
> Your very upset friend
> willow
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