PETA

[Elspode]

Originally posted by quzah

Likewise.

I'd say to think of it as not paying to get your animal back, but rather, to think of it as paying a kennel for the 12 days they sheltered and fed your animal. Price that shit some time.

You have to send your pet some place to be taken care of for a while, while you go out of town for two weeks or what not, and it's not going to be cheap.

Sure, they don't do a lot there, stick it in a cage, give it food, clean it's shit up. But still, you got it back in the end. And if you really care about the animal, you should be just happy they didn't kill it. Or that it didn't get run over. Or... Whatever.

I'd be happy as a pig in shit to get my "pet" back if he'd been gone for twelve days. Shit, I'd send them fucking flowers and a "Thank You!" card.

But hey, that's just me. And everybody knows I'm suffering from wacked out "conditions". Oh, wrong thread.

Quzah.

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I have paperwork proving ownership. They wouldn't look at it. They told me I had no options, period, other than adoption.

If I was in violation of a law, then I should have been issued a citation and made to pay a fine. If not, I should have been allowed to retrieve my property and and pay any fees accrued for his care. But, as I said, there was *no* due process. They claimed my animal was theirs and forced me to adhere to their rules and regulations without any due process. That's not right. Even if I got off cheaper because of it (which I am quite certain I did), it isn't right.

And I don't give a shit if you think me neglectful of my animals. I'm not. They like to go outside, they're cats. They wouldn't be happy stuck indoors, no matter what anyone says about the subject. My animals receive routine and annual care, they are fed the highest quality, most expensive cat foods, they are groomed as required, and they go where they wish, sleep where they want, and are loved. The cat in question (whom I've had for seven years) has always come and gone at will, spending various lengths of time away from the house. It was not, despite your contention, unusual for his absence to go unnoticed because not all of our family members are at home at all times except when sleeping, and therefore some would see him when he would come in, often briefly, and some would not. Or are you suggesting that I need to do roll-call on my pets each day?