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Thursday, 24 January 2013

Abuse Animals

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Abuse Animals Biography
I wonder if Adam Lanza, the killer of those babies at Sandy Hook Elementary School (Newtown, CT), ever abused animals or shot at them with all those guns his mother collected. Do you know? -- S.H., Denver, CO
I don't know the answer, but your question is a good one. To be clear, I assume you're not referring to legal hunting, but rather shooting or abuse of domestic animals. Eventually, authorities will reveal more details about Adam Lanza's past.

In fact, law enforcement is well aware of a link between violent acts toward animals and violent crimes toward people. Most mass murderers and serial killers do "practice" harming animals before doing harm to people.

In July, 2012, James Holmes allegedly massacred 12 people and injured 58 at a movie theater in Aurora, CO. There are scattered Internet reports that Holmes has some history of grisly acts committed against animals, but authorities aren't confirming or denying this. In any case, whatever Holmes may have done to animals, he wasn't previously prosecuted for such actions. No doubt, Holmes' history will also be reviewed and further revealed in court.

It's important that crimes against animals be taken seriously, prosecuted and the perpetrators further analyzed. Instead of catching deranged people when they're accused of doing harm to animals, they often fall through the cracks. This isn't only a matter of animal welfare and defending defenseless animals; identifying people who've abused animals early on may prevent horrible acts of violence against people.
My 7-year-old Dachshund-mix licks at everything -- her furniture, her bed, and she even licks leaves during walks. I believe poor Goldie was kept in a crate for many hours as a puppy. Do you have any insights on her behavior? -- J.A.C., Orlando, FL
Dr. Ilana Reisner, a veterinary behaviorist in Philadelphia, PA, explains that persistent licking can be coined a "displacement behavior," sort of letting off steam, as an outlet for anxiety, much as nail biting can be for people. However, since your dog seems so intent, more might be going on." One determination of seriousness is to assess if your dog can easily be distracted from licking and redircted to another behavior, such as coming when you call her.

Lots of folks might jump to the idea that Goldie has a compulsive disorder, and certainly that possibility exists. However, Reisner says to first rule out a medical explanation (which most likely explains the licking), particularly a possible gastro-intestinal issue, or even chronic tonsillitis. Scoping with biopsies will rule out the stomach issue and visually looking at throat will rule out the other. Crazy as it sounds, a food allergy is also possible.

Reisner suggests you keep a log to determine what Goldie licks and when to determine if there's any pattern. This information might help a veterinarian.

Meanwhile, you can do no harm to enhance your dog's enrichment. Feed Goldie from various Kong or food dispensing toys. You might even stuff food inside toys and then hide them around the house, so she can sniff them out. Also, take Goldie for daily walks on-leash, not only for exercise but also to sniff what's new in the 'hood.

A compulsive behavior is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning that after everything else is ruled out, it is considered. If this ends up being the diagnosis, a psycho-pharmaceutical might help, as can a referral to a veterinary behaviorist.
Avi, our 7-month-old kitten, has battled disease his entire life. We adopted him from an overcrowded shelter when he was 2 months old, and at that time we treated a urinary tract infection. For an entire month (in August), he had a fever, and his temperature often hit 104.9. I thought he might die.

We offered an experimental diet with seaweed, kiwi, liver, beef, turkey, milk, vitamins and dry cat food, and he improved. Now, he has uveitis (inflammation of the middle layer of the eye) and he's tested positive for the Corona virus. Can you tell me where to order Polyprenyl Immunostimulant? Do you believe our cat has FIP (feline infectious peritonitis)? His appetite remains good. -- L.B., Cyberspace
FIP is caused by a mutation of the corona virus, which occurs in some cats, but decidedly not all cats with the corona virus. Actually, the corona virus is benign in most cats.

Dr. Saundra Wright, a veterinary internal medicine specialist in Seattle, WA, notes that dry FIP is especially challenging to diagnose. While there's no blood test available to determine if a cat has FIP, a complete blood panel may indicate another explanation for what's going on. Possible symptoms of dry FIP include uveitis and a persistent fever. However, fevers caused by FIP don't typically respond to antibiotics unless there's a secondary infection, which makes this all the more complex. FIP also doesn't respond to any known "experimental diets."

Wright notes that while toxoplasmosis is rare in cats, this possibility should be ruled out, as should a possible upper respiratory viral infection.

Sadly, FIP has always been considered fatal. However, Dr. Al Legendre has seen limited success at treating cats with dry FIP with a drug called Polyprenyl Immunostimulant (PI). The drug was recently approved for cats with rhinotracheitis (a common respiratory or pulmonary infection caused by the herpes virus), but PI may be used alternatively to treat dry FIP. Your veterinarian can contact Legendre, at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary medicine for details.

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Animal Abondonment

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Animal Abondonment Biography
A person commits the crime of animal abandonment if the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly or with criminal negligence leaves a domesticated animal at a location without providing for that animal's continued care. (Animal abandonment is a Class C Misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 fine and/or 30 days in jail.)

Many of the animals commonly seen roaming the urban landscape do not belong here. Some, such as rock doves (city pigeons), starlings, house sparrows, nutria and opossum, fox squirrels and eastern gray squirrels, are wildlife from other places that have been introduced and become established in Oregon.
Others, such as feral cats and dogs, domestic ducks and geese, peacocks, red-eared sliders, snapping turtles, box turtles, chickens, prairie dogs and hedgehogs, are domestic animals that have either escaped from captivity or have been deliberately abandoned.
While most people recognize that it is wrong to release their dogs and cats into the wild, it often comes as a surprise when they learn that it is equally problematic and illegal to release other pets. In fact, many people still deliberately and unwittingly raise animals with the intention of ultimately setting them free.

Although the Wildlife Care Center accepts only native wildlife, each year we are brought hundreds of domestic animals found roaming the urban landscape. Even more often, we receive calls from people looking for "appropriate" locations to release their pets. All too frequently these calls come from schools that have raised domestic animals as a class project and want to get rid of them once summer arrives.
Not only is the dumping of domestic animals illegal, it is also ecologically destructive and inhumane. Many of these animals are ill-equipped for life in the wild. Many of the large domestic ducks and geese left in our urban parks, for example, are flightless and unable to escape predators or withstand the rough and tumble world of breeding season. Those animals that are able to survive often displace native wildlife, destroy valuable habitat, and have the potential to introduce diseases and parasites.
Non-native turtles such as red-eared sliders, box turtles and snapping turtles have played a large role in the decline of our two native turtle species, the Western Pond and Western Painted. Today both of our native species are listed as "sensitive."

Extensive dumping of domestic ducks and geese into our urban parks has reduced water quality and led to problems associated with overpopulation that affects both natives and non-natives alike.
Even our own Audubon Society of Portland Sanctuary is frequently visited by families toting no-longer-wanted family pets. Our Sanctuary pond is home to a variety of introduced turtles and fish, alas at the direct expense of those creatures for which this sanctuary was created.
The reality for these unwanted pets is an ugly one. Many die miserable deaths in the wild. For some species there are rescue groups, but for many there are not. Many arrive at our doors too debilitated or injured to be restored to health. For others, especially trendy "flash in the pan" pets such as prairie dogs, there are no homes available and they are ultimately destroyed. This is not a reflection of lack of community concern, but rather a direct result of irresponsible pet ownership.

The State of Oregon has over the past several years developed Wildlife Integrity Rules that now ban the importation or sale of exotic species that could pose a threat to native wildlife or their habitats. Many animals known to be harmful, but which were previously sold in Oregon pet stores, are now prohibited. Nonetheless, responsible pet ownership, especially in the urban environment where wildlife habitat is increasingly at a premium, is essential to preserve and protect our native wildlife.
What you can do:
    Remember that the acquisition of any domestic pet is a lifetime commitment. If you no longer want your pet, you should either find it a new owner or take it to an appropriate adoption facility.
    Discourage your children's school from raising animals in the classroom unless an appropriate permanent home can be identified beforehand.
    Keep domestic animals under control.
    Before purchasing any exotic pet, check with your local fish and wildlife agency to ensure that this species is allowed to be sold in Oregon.
    Inform anyone you see releasing a pet into the wild that this activity is illegal.

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Laws Against Animal Cruetly

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Laws Against Animal Cruetly Biography
Animal cruelty can be either deliberate abuse or simply the failure to take care of an animal. Either way, and whether the animal is a pet, a farm animal, or wildlife, the victim can suffer terribly. Don’t despair, thoughanyone can take steps against cruelty.

People with emotional problems may beat, shoot, or stab animals or set them on fire. Those who abuse animals are very likely to be violent to other people—even their own family—too.
Neglect is not giving an animal the right food, water, shelter or vet care. Because their misery goes on for so long, animals who die of neglect can suffer just as much as animals who are harmed on purpose.
All U.S. states have animal cruelty laws, and 47 states treat some forms of abuse as felonies. Farmers and researchers can do cruel things to animals that other people can't do legally, but all states have some protection for pets like dogs and cats.
Take Action Against Animal Cruelty

If you think an animal is being abused, either through violence or through cruel neglect, you can take action to help!
Learn More » MSPCC was incorporated in 1878. Henry Bergh, originally a founder of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), and then of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (the first such organisation in the world) was also active in the MSPCC's founding. Bergh got involved in child welfare when he was approached by a Methodist missionary named Etta Angell Wheeler who was seeking help rescuing a child, Mary Ellen Wilson, from an extremely abusive home. After Mary Ellen's story was heard, other complaints came in to Bergh. In response, he and Elbridge Thomas Gerry formed the New York Society in 1874; the Massachusetts society was formed shortly after.
Today
Marylou Sudders, MSW, ACSW is MSPCC's president and CEO.
Its programs include adoption, day care and afterschool, evaluation services, mental health treatment, and prevention services.
It monitors public policy issues at the state legislative and executive levels, and promotes the needs of children and adolescents in the areas of child abuse, foster care, poverty and welfare, and mental, physical and dental health, as well as the needs of teens who have "aged out" of foster care.
United Way of Pioneer Valley funds the following MSPCC programs: GoodStart Parenting Program and Sexual Behavior Prevention & Treatment Program.
Bergh was born in New York City and studied at Columbia College, after which he worked in his fathers' shipyard. After the shipyard was sold, Bergh received a share of the inheritance and set forth on a lengthy journey throughout Western Europe with his young bride, Catherine Matilda Taylor.
In 1862, Bergh was appointed secretary and acting vice-consul to the American legation in St. Petersburg, Russia by then President Abraham Lincoln. The severity of the climate obliged him to resign in 1864, and he traveled extensively in Europe and the Orient.[1]

On returning to the United States, Bergh resolved to work on behalf of animal welfare. Cruelties witnessed in Europe first suggested his mission. Alone, in the face of indifference, opposition, and ridicule, he began working as a speaker and lecturer, but most of all in the street and the courtroom, and before the legislature. His cause gained friends and rapidly increased in influence. The legislature passed the laws prepared by him, and on 10 April 1866 the ASPCA was legally organized, with Bergh as president.[1]
The association moved steadily forward, and by August was in a flourishing condition financially, having received a valuable property from Bergh and his wife. In 1871 a Parisian, Louis Bonard, who lived with extreme simplicity in New York, died and left $150,000 to the Society, which permitted a move to larger quarters, better adapted to its work, a building at the corner of 4th Avenue and 22nd Street.[1]

During 1873 Bergh made a lecturing tour in the western U.S., which resulted in the formation of several societies similar to that in New York. He spoke before the Evangelical Alliance and Episcopal convention, and was the means of having a new canon confirmed, to the effect that Protestant Episcopal clergyman should at least once a year preach a sermon on cruelty and mercy to animals.[1]
One of the outgrowths of his work was an ambulance corps for removing disabled animals from the street, and a derrick to rescue them from excavations into which they had fallen. He also originated an ingenious invention which substitutes artificial for live pigeons as marks for sportsmen's gun.[1]
When Bergh began his work, no state or territory of the United States contained any statute relating to the protection of animals from cruelty. By 1886, 39 states of had adopted substantially the original laws procured by him from the legislature of New York.In 1874, Bergh was approached by a Methodist missionary named Etta Wheeler, who sought help rescuing a child named Mary Ellen Wilson from her cruel abuser, Mary Connolly. After Mary Ellen's story was heard, and she was subsequently rescued through Bergh's efforts, other complaints came in to Bergh. In response, Bergh himself, along with Elbridge T. Gerry and John D. Wright, formed the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) in 1875. Over the coming years, other SPCC organizations were formed, such as the Massachusetts organization in 1888, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC).