>> "SteveB" <oldf...@depends.com> wrote in message
>> news:44u3s6-a9d1.ln1@news.infowest.com...
>>> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwri...@arizona.usa.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Xns9CB766894B0F1wayneboatwrightatari@69.16.185.247...
>>>> On Mon 02 Nov 2009 07:31:38a, SteveB told us...

>>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwri...@arizona.usa.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Xns9CB6EA5557760wayneboatwrightatari@69.16.185.250...
>>>>>> On Sat 31 Oct 2009 04:20:10p, SteveB told us...

>>>>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwri...@arizona.usa.com> wrote

>>>>>>>> Killing a cat or dog is cruel and needless unless it's rabid.
>>>>>>> Dogs and cats, like humans, can do things that forfeit their right to
>>>>>>> live. Such things as attacking people, biting children, being
>>>> aggressive
>>>>>>> as a common behavior, and others.  Yes, relocation or adoption is an
>>>>>>> option, but sometimes the problem just follows them, and the new
>>>>>>> owners
>>>>>>> have a hospital bill.  Sometimes the animal can be rehabilitated and
>>>>>>> trained out of the unacceptable behavior, and that falls under either
>>>>>>> category, relocation or termination.

>>>>>>> To me, any dog that bites me or a child goes either out the door, or
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> the ground.  Saves on drama and second guessing later.  Too many good
>>>>>>> dogs that love people and who are sociable and loveable to tolerate a
>>>>>>> chain saw who may go off at any time.

>>>>>>> Just MHO, YMM(and probably does)V

>>>>>>> And don't give me any shit about poor pet owner.  I currently own a
>>>>>>> Corgi who the adoption agency would not accept because he's a biter,
>>>> and
>>>>>>> a Lab who's dying of cancer.  I like dogs.  Just not ones that I have
>>>> to
>>>>>>> stay awake over.

>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>> I don't totally disagree.  However, putting down an animal humanely is
>>>> far
>>>>>> different from poisoning, shooting, or beating them to death.
>>>>> Absolutely.  Don't forget that a large % of cattle are killed by
>>>>> shooting
>>>>> before slaughter.

>>>>> Steve

>>>> Speaking of which, one of my favorite cats had some sort of episode last
>>>> night, either stroke or heart attack.  We took him to the vet at 7:00
>>>> this
>>>> morning.  The vet concurred, and we had to have him put down.

>>>> --

>>>> ~~ If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it. ~~

>>>>        ~~ A mind is a terrible thing to lose. ~~

>>>> **********************************************************

>>>>                     Wayne Boatwright
>>> My condolences.  I have a pussycat Labrador that has cancer, and I will
>>> have to load her in the car one of these days and take her for her last
>>> vet visit.  I hope someone can do that for me when it's my time.  Just
>>> give me a shot and let me doze off.  I have had two cousins in the past
>>> month do Death With Dignity in Washington state.

>>> When it's time to go, it's time to go.  Cat or human, and no one should
>>> have to suffer.

>>> Steve

>> Wow!...I had no idea Death with Dignity existed. Good for Washington! It's a
>> step in the right direction.

>> Jim

> Not familiar with Jack Kevorkian?