[Ansteorra] Duchess Willow needs cat help
Ld.blackmoon
ld.blackmoon at cox.net
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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