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Post by mikklynn on Sept 27, 2017 14:47:42 GMT
I don't think anyone is ever out of line to ask for a welfare check on a animal out of concern. Way too often people don't step in when animals need help, because they don't want to be seen as butting in/not minding their own business.  |
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 27, 2017 14:50:51 GMT
The horse didn't look that bad, not like call the vet ambulance, but he definitely was stressed: blowing and lathery. Based on your own words I can't validate you. 911 is for emergencies and you even said it was "not like call the vet ambulance" so I think perhaps calling animal control and if you don't have that (like we don't) then calling the non-emergency number. I keep the Sheriff's office in my phone for situations like that because i know I can't remember the number off the top of my head. Growing up we didn't have 911 services in my part of NS we had to call the local RCMP office. In my city, we DO call 911 for animal control. It's interesting how things are different regionally and in other countries. I assume you are in Canada, based on the RCMP comments. |
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Post by buddysmom on Sept 27, 2017 15:06:06 GMT
I never knew about their connection to puppy mills and that animals are for "work" and not pets.
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Post by melanell on Sept 27, 2017 15:10:35 GMT
I live near enough to Lancaster County to be woefully aware that being Amish certainly doesn't mean you automatically treat your animals in the way in which they should be treated.
And here, too, you can call 911 for any situation in which you would like an emergency vehicle to be dispatched. My father has a scanner and they do seriously even get the occasional call asking for a fire truck due to a cat stuck in a tree.
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Post by epeanymous on Sept 27, 2017 15:10:56 GMT
I do not think that the religion of the person means that you shouldn't report in where you think an animal is in distress (I do agree that it's probably a call for a non-emergency line, if you feel that the situation is serious enough to report).
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Post by Zee on Sept 27, 2017 15:13:52 GMT
I am surprised by how many people had no idea about the Amish and puppy mills. I thought that was common knowledge.
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Post by Tammiem2pnc1 on Sept 27, 2017 16:55:18 GMT
I live near enough to Lancaster County to be woefully aware that being Amish certainly doesn't mean you automatically treat your animals in the way in which they should be treated. And here, too, you can call 911 for any situation in which you would like an emergency vehicle to be dispatched. My father has a scanner and they do seriously even get the occasional call asking for a fire truck due to a cat stuck in a tree. I grew up in Lancaster County, I've seen a lot of things first hand. They work those animals to death and nothing is ever really done to them. I noticed in the last few years that law enforcement is cracking down on them a little harder, but still. |
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Post by tanya2 on Sept 27, 2017 16:59:15 GMT
but again they don't really view them as pets, or even as living things. There's not a lot of difference between a horse & a piece of farm machinery for them. Its just their mentality, and how they are raised
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Post by mimima on Sept 27, 2017 17:29:54 GMT
I am surprised by how many people had no idea about the Amish and puppy mills. I thought that was common knowledge. I had no idea. I also do not live where there is a large (or any) Amish population. |
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Post by Zee on Sept 27, 2017 17:36:17 GMT
I am surprised by how many people had no idea about the Amish and puppy mills. I thought that was common knowledge. I had no idea. I also do not live where there is a large (or any) Amish population. I'm not faulting anyone for not knowing, I just thought everyone knew that. I didn't grow up around a lot of Amish but now that I live in PA I'm a lot closer. I'm also not a fan of how purposely uneducated, small-minded, and religiously intolerant many of them are, but like with any group you have your bad and your good. Dogs are just farm animals or cash crops to most of them, cats only valuable for keeping mice at bay, rabbits for meat, etc etc. It's the way most of our country thought many years ago when life was harder and every mouth had to have a purpose in order to get fed. |
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Post by melanell on Sept 27, 2017 17:57:57 GMT
I am surprised by how many people had no idea about the Amish and puppy mills. I thought that was common knowledge. I was too--for a moment, and then it dawned on me once again that the gut reaction (surprise) for me stems from where I live. So often I have to re-adjust my initial thought on something when in the next moment when I remind myself that not everyone hears about the same things in day to day life and/or when they were growing up. Save |
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Post by pierogi on Sept 27, 2017 18:31:17 GMT
Thank you for caring about that horse. That was an act of compassion for a living creature who was suffering. Never feel guilty about that.
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Post by ghislaine on Sept 29, 2017 16:22:25 GMT
Thanks for calling about the horse. I'd like to think that the driver wasn't pushing it too hard and was careful about cooling it down before stabling it. The barn my daughter gets riding lessons at cancelled at least one day of lessons due to the heat.
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Post by maryannscraps on Sept 29, 2017 21:44:46 GMT
Especially in an area where that kind of heat isn't usual, I'd have been worried too. Animals that don't have trouble in the heat are usually acclimated to it. It doesn't sound like this was the case there.
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Post by frenchie on Sept 30, 2017 0:00:33 GMT
I don't live far from Lancaster (PA-home to many Amish) and actually one of my dogs is a surviving puppy mill mother. She is blind and lived in a small cage for 7 years and was bred who knows how many times. We were told that they were going to shoot her because she was no longer any use to them because she was too old to have any more puppies. Thankfully, a rescue was able to get her out of there. It really bothers me that there are signs and billboards there with Bible verses and they are supposedly so God fearing, but they treat their animals so poorly. Not trying to sound judgemental but I believe if you are religious, you will treat all living things with kindness.
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Post by drummergirl65 on Sept 30, 2017 0:39:15 GMT
As Christians we are supposed to be good stewards of the earth and the animals in it. Doesn't sound like they take that to heart
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