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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / December 2004Can't believe our local HS shelter did this on TV today
We have a weekly segment on our TV station CKCO (CTV affiliate) where a spokesperson (Mark) from the KW Humane Society brings a couple of pets to the studio to publicize adoptions. Today he had a 4 yr old Siamese female that he went on and on about how friendly she is but like to scratch things so plenty of scratching posts or declawing would be a good idea. He even added declawing would assist this cat in quickly adjusting to the home!!! This is 4 year old cat for Christ sakes!!! Let them know what you think. www.kwhumane.com www.ckcotv.com newsroom@ckco.ca >From: hamandcheese@betweentheknees.com >We have a weekly segment on our TV station CKCO (CTV affiliate) where >a spokesperson (Mark) from the KW Humane Society brings a couple of [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >www.ckcotv.com >newsroom@ckco.ca You're darn tooting I'll let them know! Ugh!! Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm >>From: hamandcheese@betweentheknees.com > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >Lauren >________ I wish I had the software tools to transfer the VHS recording I have to an AVI or WMF so that everyone could see the segment for themselves. -mhd >From: hamandcheese@betweentheknees.com >I wish I had the software tools to transfer the VHS recording I have >to an AVI or WMF so that everyone could see the segment for >themselves. I'm sure it would be truly disgusting to see. Reminds me of that show on Animal Planet that had a vet do a declaw on one of their shows. Don't know the details because I didn't actually see the show myself, but others did. Sick! I sent your tv station and humane society an email. I hope they get a lot of complaints! Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm >>From: hamandcheese@betweentheknees.com > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Animal Planet that had a vet do a declaw on one of their shows. Don't know the >details because I didn't actually see the show myself, but others did. Sick! The fellow (Mark from the KW Humane Society) who always presents the animals in this noon hour news segment acts like a like real animal lover as you can see it in his interaction with the pets as he holds them during the interview. But when he made that declawing suggestion he struck me as clueless - perhaps he feels anything to get the adoption is appropriate. I guess he doesn't know about the cats that often get dumped back at the shelter when they develop behavioral problem resulting from the amputation. >I sent your tv station and humane society an email. I hope they get a lot of >complaints! >Lauren Well they got our 2, that's for sure. I'm surprised there wasn't much of a response in this group. -mhd >>>From: hamandcheese@betweentheknees.com >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >-mhd I have all sorts of software and hardware. Send me the tape and I'll cap the segment and stick it in some binary newsgroups. email me at pussycatbeastAThotmail.com if you're interested. >>I wish I had the software tools to transfer the VHS recording I have >>to an AVI or WMF so that everyone could see the segment for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I have all sorts of software and hardware. Send me the tape and I'll >cap the segment and stick it in some binary newsgroups. Thanks for the offer but I do have an ATI card that will take care of the hardware aspect. Unfortunately I don't have the CD that came with it (I left it at our cottage this summer), so what software do you recommend (preferably freeware)? Mailing a tape to the US is a pain in the a.s as you have to declare all content, footage length of content, total footage spooled etc. They are so paranoid that somewhere in the middle there may be some kitty porn. -mhd <SNIP> >Mailing a tape to the US is a pain in the a.s as you have to declare >all content, footage length of content, total footage spooled etc. >They are so paranoid that somewhere in the middle there may be some >kitty porn. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ You mean, like this? http://www.kittyporn.org/ >-mhd > <SNIP> > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://www.kittyporn.org/ That's really funny. >>>I wish I had the software tools to transfer the VHS recording I have >>>to an AVI or WMF so that everyone could see the segment for [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >-mhd I'm in Canada. Anyways, if you already have an ATI capture card just go to the ATI website and get the software to make the card work again. Simple. Some of the install instructions are convoluted, but it won't take you more than 30 minutes. That person should not have said that and I'd can his behind for saying that. The Humane Society needs to deal with this guy as they are responsible for him and what he says on the air. They should be shamed of themselves for allowing it to happen and need to re-educate themselves on what declawing really is and how it is done. They need to tell the public that it is a bad practice and not recommended and indeed hurts the cat. I wouldn't support an organization that recommends declawing. They should be ashamed of themselves for letting this guy push for declawing on the air especially if it is a taped show where they have a chance to cut that part out. Here in the Phoenix area the Arizona Humane Society tapes their adoption show and it broadcasts a few days later. I have never seen them recommend declawing but they will point out that if a cat has been declawed that he/she needs to stay indoors.  SignatureCat Galaxy: All Cats! All The Time! www.catgalaxymedia.com Panther TEK: Staying On Top Of Your Computer Needs! www.panthertekit.com > We have a weekly segment on our TV station CKCO (CTV affiliate) where > a spokesperson (Mark) from the KW Humane Society brings a couple of [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > www.ckcotv.com > newsroom@ckco.ca Perhaps a campaign calling for the castration of ignorant "news" people should be started so they don't reproduce! M. > We have a weekly segment on our TV station CKCO (CTV affiliate) where > a spokesperson (Mark) from the KW Humane Society brings a couple of [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > www.ckcotv.com > newsroom@ckco.ca I sent an indignant note. Hope it helps : >I sent an indignant note. Hope it helps :> Thanks every bit helps. I think I should find a few more groups to post this to. -mhd Cat Protector wrote: >Here in the Phoenix area the Arizona Humane Society tapes their >adoption show and it broadcasts a few days later. I have never seen >them recommend declawing but they will point out that if a cat has >been declawed that he/she needs to stay indoors. -------------- It was actually a noon news segment with the HS guy on as a guest so editing was not an option. -mhd
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