The elderly lady may think she was being kind to feed Goobah,
but that may be why the poor cat got 'lost' in the first
place.
If a cat turns up at your house you don't feed it for a year
and a half and then euthanase it! You first call the SPCA to
report it found, then perhaps put some ads up saying you have
found it, visit neighbours and ask questions. Then the kind
thing to do would be to feed it in the hope the owner turns
up. If this had been done Goobah would have been back where
she belonged very quickly and would not have had such a close
call!
I can't help wondering what a person's thought process is to
try to have a cat that's not theirs euthanased when it was
clearly a loved and affectionate animal belonging to someone.
People need to be educated about places like SPCA who are
there to help.
I lost a cat a year ago and spent months looking for him to
no avail. It's dreadful not knowing what has happend to a
beloved pet. Perhaps he will turn up to be killed by someone
who has done the same as above!
I wonder if the commissoner will start paying full price for
his fuel now as well. I wonder why their supplier gives them
such a discount, would it be to get 'cut-price security
for the outlets'
The self titled debut EP by Snapper came out in 1988 so the
band goes back a lot further than 1992. What's printed here
is a reproduction of the blurb on the Facebook event page for
the show. Nuff said.
Just for the record 'GW-Scam', you might consider this. I was
born in 1936, at a time when my father earned the princely
sum of five shillings per working week of three afternoons,
working as a farrier/blacksmith's striker. That came to an
end when a horse went to sleep while being shod and fell on
top of him, leading to a period of unemployment. My mother
never worked, as there was a great deal of social pressure in
those days against working women, 'It just wasn't done', an
attitude popular amongst the well-remunerated classes. So, I
enjoyed a comparatively happy childhood, living with only one
sibling, a sister, in an area where families, normally ran to
nine or more, (as my father's had done).
I was taught from an early age, that it was socially
irresponsible to have more offspring than one could support,
and I have never seen anything which would convince me to
change my mind. I daresay, today, I would be seen as
promoting eugenics, or just a little to the left of Adolf
Hitler, but I still consider that it is irresponsible in
these days of easily accessed contraception, to have the
couple or so kids, which you can afford, plus a further
half-dozen which see you dependent on welfare agencies, and
no matter how you tart-it-up, the extra unwanted kids are the
crux of the problem. Although I support food in schools for
cases of genuine need, I can also see an element in society
which will simply opt out of providing breakfast for their
progeny if other agencies will provide it for them. The TAB
or 'Lotto' won't go-short, however.
As for the other aspects of what you likely regard as my
privileged, or 'silver-spoon' existence. I have worked at all
levels, as a designer in industry early-on, and as labourer
in the early 1980's; my almost ideal job, as initially there
wasn't a shred of real responsibility, for the first time in
my life. At another time of my life, I worked for seven years
on the trot, as the night-shift supervisor in a factory. I
don't regret one of these things, nor the three redundancies
I suffered along the way, because I think it gave me a
well-rounded view of the planet and those who inhabit it. Can
you claim the same?
This isn't all it seems. I believe that the old lady captured
it and took the cat to the vet to have it out down as she
couldn't be bothered looking after it. The full details are
on the cat rescue facebook page. The people that need the
thanks are the vet and cat rescue for not allowing a poor cat
to die.
1) Many people in poverty are there due to unexpected
circumstances, serious accident, serious illness - leaving
them with a permanent disability - after they had children.
2) They were made redundant, or their business went
under due to the current incompetent Gov't.
3) A partner died or left them - with children to care for.
Then of course, to people who don't hate children and other
people in general - ensuring our children (our as in
society, not our as in immediate family) are fed,
sheltered and clothed - no matter what or whose fault it is
they currently don't receive adequate of those three
essentials, we want to do what we can to help. We don't
turn our back on them because it is all 'their nasty
dishonest lazy uncaring parents fault' as you would have us
believe.
Of course most of those whinging about their taxes being used
to help those in poeverty are often high income earners who,
as research shows, actually pay the least - if any - taxes.
When did this Country cecome so full of such uncaring
unloving selfish people. It really saddens me.
The elderly lady may think she was being kind to feed Goobah, but that may be why the poor cat got 'lost' in the first place.
If a cat turns up at your house you don't feed it for a year and a half and then euthanase it! You first call the SPCA to report it found, then perhaps put some ads up saying you have found it, visit neighbours and ask questions. Then the kind thing to do would be to feed it in the hope the owner turns up. If this had been done Goobah would have been back where she belonged very quickly and would not have had such a close call!
I can't help wondering what a person's thought process is to try to have a cat that's not theirs euthanased when it was clearly a loved and affectionate animal belonging to someone.
People need to be educated about places like SPCA who are there to help.
I lost a cat a year ago and spent months looking for him to no avail. It's dreadful not knowing what has happend to a beloved pet. Perhaps he will turn up to be killed by someone who has done the same as above!
Glad you are home Goobah!!
Just so you know the elderly women wasn't feeding the cat. It was eating out of her rubbish and she wanted it gone as she hated cats.
I wonder if the commissoner will start paying full price for his fuel now as well. I wonder why their supplier gives them such a discount, would it be to get 'cut-price security for the outlets'
Bit two faced me thinks!
The self titled debut EP by Snapper came out in 1988 so the band goes back a lot further than 1992. What's printed here is a reproduction of the blurb on the Facebook event page for the show. Nuff said.
Just for the record 'GW-Scam', you might consider this. I was born in 1936, at a time when my father earned the princely sum of five shillings per working week of three afternoons, working as a farrier/blacksmith's striker. That came to an end when a horse went to sleep while being shod and fell on top of him, leading to a period of unemployment. My mother never worked, as there was a great deal of social pressure in those days against working women, 'It just wasn't done', an attitude popular amongst the well-remunerated classes. So, I enjoyed a comparatively happy childhood, living with only one sibling, a sister, in an area where families, normally ran to nine or more, (as my father's had done).
I was taught from an early age, that it was socially irresponsible to have more offspring than one could support, and I have never seen anything which would convince me to change my mind. I daresay, today, I would be seen as promoting eugenics, or just a little to the left of Adolf Hitler, but I still consider that it is irresponsible in these days of easily accessed contraception, to have the couple or so kids, which you can afford, plus a further half-dozen which see you dependent on welfare agencies, and no matter how you tart-it-up, the extra unwanted kids are the crux of the problem. Although I support food in schools for cases of genuine need, I can also see an element in society which will simply opt out of providing breakfast for their progeny if other agencies will provide it for them. The TAB or 'Lotto' won't go-short, however.
As for the other aspects of what you likely regard as my privileged, or 'silver-spoon' existence. I have worked at all levels, as a designer in industry early-on, and as labourer in the early 1980's; my almost ideal job, as initially there wasn't a shred of real responsibility, for the first time in my life. At another time of my life, I worked for seven years on the trot, as the night-shift supervisor in a factory. I don't regret one of these things, nor the three redundancies I suffered along the way, because I think it gave me a well-rounded view of the planet and those who inhabit it. Can you claim the same?
Wonderful to read about engine being found in mountain stream, but what's going on here ?
Fossicking for gold is being done in our National Parks?
Yes the word "bizarre" is quite apt.
Is this acceptable behaviour ?
What happened to the "taking nothing only leaving footprints " ethos with wilderness ?
Small scale mining / fossicking admission should prompt enquiry & Public comment by DOC at the very least.
This isn't all it seems. I believe that the old lady captured it and took the cat to the vet to have it out down as she couldn't be bothered looking after it. The full details are on the cat rescue facebook page. The people that need the thanks are the vet and cat rescue for not allowing a poor cat to die.
Surely the most newsworthy headline here is "man caught fossicking for gold in national park"
In reply to Ian Smith.
Some things that you should consider Ian:
1) Many people in poverty are there due to unexpected circumstances, serious accident, serious illness - leaving them with a permanent disability - after they had children.
2) They were made redundant, or their business went under due to the current incompetent Gov't.
3) A partner died or left them - with children to care for.
Then of course, to people who don't hate children and other people in general - ensuring our children (our as in society, not our as in immediate family) are fed, sheltered and clothed - no matter what or whose fault it is they currently don't receive adequate of those three essentials, we want to do what we can to help. We don't turn our back on them because it is all 'their nasty dishonest lazy uncaring parents fault' as you would have us believe.
Of course most of those whinging about their taxes being used to help those in poeverty are often high income earners who, as research shows, actually pay the least - if any - taxes.
When did this Country cecome so full of such uncaring unloving selfish people. It really saddens me.
speedfreak: I should clarify I also agree with these measures!