"Angels Unaware"

"Angels Unaware"
DOGS THROWN INTO GASSING BOX BEFORE LID IS LOCKED

Thursday, March 11, 2010

NO GUARDIANS FOR ANIMALS IN GASSING SHELTERS OR THE COMMUNITIES WHO FUND THEM

This is the inside of a gas chamber, permanently marked with chilling evidence of the desperate attempts of innocent victims to claw and dig through metal to escape the agony of being slowly suffocated to death by Carbon Monoxide. One day, when these obscene killing machines are wiped from our nation's landscape, and are prehaps preserved as a macabre relic of past cruelty - in a museum similar to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, or in Israel, - what might our children and our children's children think of the generations who allowed and accepted this vile method of extermination of homeless animals? 

Could language play a part, a precursor to social change regarding our relationship and with animals?

IN DEFENSE OF ANIMALS (IDA) launched the "Guardian Campaign" some years ago in an effort to alter the perception of animals as objects. The word "guardian" indicates a positive and permanent bond between two living beings, while the word "owner" reflects possession of an object. Adopting "guardian language" not only encourages the highest standard of treatment of animals but also elucidates the moral concept of correct treatment of animals, most certainly our family pets, who are often our closest companions.

This campaign has transformed a growing number of communities into "Guardian Communities", illuminating a new vision in which our companion animals are recognized and respected. It has initiated local efforts by compasssionate minded citizens to convince city councils and county commissioners to change animal ordinances, enact strong animal protection laws and educate and alter fellow residents interpretation and sense of obligation toward our most dependent family members, our dogs and cats.

By contrast, a community in which inhumane systems such as gas chambers are used to kill companion animals can hardly be perceived as a "Guardian Community".

According to Dr. Michael Moyer, V.M.D., University of Pennsylvania College of Veterinary Medicine:

"There is no progressive sheltering agency of any scope or stature willing to philosophically embrace gas systems for the killing of any species of animals.
Sheltering is deliberately, enexorably, and philosophically moving away from mass killing as an acceptable method of dog/cat population control."

A community and its leaders that condone and fund the gassing of animals should be condemned by its citizens, as it is universally condemned by humane advocates and progressive shelters.  

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