Sigh...
I wondered about a movie star being a politician.
I wondered about
politicians staying in politics a lot more.
The people to mostly blame are the idiot humans who think it is cute to breed, or to impulse buy animals from pet stores with no forethought; to give surprise live animals as gifts, or to buy puppies following a movie craze such as "101 Dalmatians" - and to this day Disney will not address the animal misery they caused and were told would be caused by that film. At Green-Wood Cemetery (almost 500 acres) people have been known to dump off unwanted pets. You know about Princess - a gorgeous sweet hamster dumped off at a pet store after they had her two years!!
No love; no responsibility. People, bah.
There is a movement in this part of Brooklyn to create a new local animal shelter. I read it in today's newspaper; if i see it online I will post it. Oh, here it is:
>> New York Daily News -
New pet shelter
glad Wolf's at door
By ELIZABETH HAYS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, June 25th, 2004
Animal lovers are invited to a benefit concert and magic show this weekend to raise money for a 3,000-square-foot animal shelter slated to open next month.
Hearts and Homes for Homeless Animals of Brooklyn - an all-volunteer animal rescue group - is hoping to raise $10,000 to open a no-kill shelter for dogs, cats and other animals in Borough Park.
The group, known for displaying adoptable animals in downtown Brooklyn and other locations, has leased a spot for a new shelter, complete with a grassy backyard, at McDonald and 18th Aves.
To finish work and open the doors, they are trying to raise funds to pay for insurance and other startup costs.
"It's desperate and tragic. There's a great need for another shelter like this," volunteer director Laurie Bleier said, adding that the city's crackdown on pet registrations has further increased the number of abandoned animals.
"We hope that what we do will be a great help for what is a terrible overpopulation of lost and abandoned canines and felines," she said.
The group's family-style benefit will be held Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Public School 185 on 86th St. in Bay Ridge. It will feature music by Wolf - Sheryl Crow's band - the Coney Island Symphony and Choir and singer Amanda Thorpe, as well as belly dancing by Mimi Fontana and a magic show by John Graham and Jeff Moche.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for seniors and $10 for children.
"All Brooklynites need quality housing, including our friends with four legs," said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who will not be able to attend the benefit but will send a representative.
Hearts and Homes, which was started in 1990, previously ran a shelter at a home in Sea Gate but was forced to close two years ago when the building was sold.
In the new location, the group hopes to triple the number of animals it takes in each year - currently the figure is about 250. And it wants to introduce low-cost veterinary care for low-income pet-owners, as well as general grooming and training services and pet food and supplies.
"We want to create a completely self-sufficient shelter with an eye on opening up other ones in other parts of Brooklyn," said Bleier, adding that the group hopes to be put out of business ultimately due to lack of need.
"This shelter could fill up rather quickly," she said. <<
Meanwhile, expect a photo of the Governator in the mail - the kind I cannot post.
