ASPCA

[tjm]

I saw an article a few years ago about one of those animal societies, don't recall which, that advertised they had "rescued" so many dogs (thousands?) and in actuality their records showed that nearly all the "rescued" animals were euthanized within days.  People need to be responsible for killing their own dogs and cats instead of dumping them. If every person that got tired of taking care of their pet had to kill it and dispose of the remains there would be darn few pets. 

Going back three or four presidents, people were abandoning horses in this area too. When the government closed the horse kill/meat  plant in St Louis (area, not sure exactly where), the value of horses went from 70-80 cents a pound to zero for average grade horses, leaving only the best registered and trained horses with value. That meant that roughly 80% of horses going through the auctions were losing the commissions and yardage- you might have to pay $20-30 just to get rid of an unwanted horse that had been worth $150-200 the week before. Many horses were advertised "for free, pick up".  The horse meat market traders were still buying and hauling to either Canada or Mexico kill plants, but increased cost meant they wouldn't pay much for fat horses and poor or old horses were worthless. Horses are probably the most expensive domestic animal to feed and maintain, so low value animals are a daily loss.

[oneshot]

I had my Beagles in a Pen behind the house. An Animal Rights Woman would turn them lose when I was gone. The City would pick them up and fine me.

One time they was killed. The woman said to me that at least they weren't suffering no more. 🤬

oneshot

[fishinwrench]

A local gal has taken to feeding geese and ducks and building huge nesting areas out of bales of hay.  What was once a great fishing spot is ruined now because of all the poop and constant waterfowl activity.  MDC has been called but they said she wasn't breaking any regulations and there was nothing they could do.

She can't be content with just having 5-10 geese hanging around, she apparently needs 250-300+ to be happy. Probably spends 50.00+ a week on sack corn.  I'd like to see her beat unconscious with a dead goose and buried under a dump truck load of goose turds.

[Gavin]

If you could round up  8-10 rednecks to shoot at those birds for a couple days,  they would move someplace else. Fed Warden could cite the lady for baiting, maybe.

[fishinwrench]

12 hours ago, Gavin said:

If you could round up  8-10 rednecks to shoot at those birds for a couple days,  they would move someplace else. Fed Warden could cite the lady for baiting, maybe.

If it wasn't inside the city limits and right off the highway it could be taken care of in a single afternoon.  Or at least the coyotes and foxes would help.

The thought of accidentally spilling a few bags of corn on the highway has occurred to me since apparently it's not illegal to bait them.

[Gavin]

It’s Highly illegal to scatter corn for waterfowl. You can leave it unharvested, standing and flood it though. Might spill a few on her property & report her.

[fishinwrench]

20 minutes ago, Gavin said:

It’s Highly illegal to scatter corn for waterfowl.

Well MDC says that she can do it all she wants.  "They recognize the problem it has created, but there's no regulation that they can enforce to keep her from doing it".  

She's just "feeding birds".

[Gavin]

Guess only illegal if you hunt over it. You could dump some cracked corn around and move those birds.

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2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

If it wasn't inside the city limits and right off the highway it could be taken care of in a single afternoon.

Wait!  What city?  

[jdmidwest]

If you rented a certain room and had a silenced 22......

They were pretty beat up last time I saw them, several crippled geese in the bunch.  Need to be put down anyway.  They were fun to watch, but would not want to live there.  Firecrackers would take care of most of them.  The white ones would still stick around with the cripples.  Rent a room and celebrate New Years Eve.