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Emylou

SUICIDEGIRL

Nevada, USA

JUL 24, 2004 09:54 AM

"Thousands of stray dogs will be poisoned ahead of next month's Olympic Games in
Athens despite a campaign by the RSPCA to prevent their slaughter.

The animal welfare charity says that the strays will be killed because the Greek
authorities fear that the sight of packs of dogs roaming the streets will damage
their efforts to use the Games to show the world that their country is modern
and civilized."
Please help us in our effort to prevent the cruel poisoning of 15,000 stray
animals in Athens, Greece by clicking the link below:

http://www.petitiononline.com/dogs/petition.html

[edit to add another petition link]

http://www.petitiononline.com/greece04/petition.html

· Requires pet owners to register and identify their animals

· Provides harsher penalties for those who mistreat and abandon animals

· Provides for local councils to undertake neutering, vaccination, identification and re-release of strays

· Provides funding for educational campaigns on responsible pet ownership.

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by Emylou]

Vegan4Life

Djibouti

January 2004

JUL 24, 2004 09:58 AM

FUCKED UP!! I'll pass this around! Thanks for posting it!

GravesForTheDays

Grand Rapids, MI

November 2003

JUL 24, 2004 09:59 AM

Emylou said:
The animal welfare charity says that the strays will be killed because the Greek
authorities fear that the sight of packs of dogs roaming the streets will damage
their efforts to use the Games to show the world that their country is modern
and civilized."

I think they ruined any chance they had with that comment alone.

pedigree_chump

United Kingdom

February 2003

JUL 24, 2004 10:01 AM

signed.

that's disgusting.

Cureelise

Philadelphia, PA

January 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:03 AM

that is really fucked up.

Lain

Astoria, NY

April 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:05 AM

YOUR COUNTRY STILL ISNT CIVILIZED OR MODERN!

Just cause you kill innocent dogs a week in advance does not bring you out of 2nd or 3rd world status!

SHAME ON YOU! YOUR GODS HATE YOU NOW! ZEUS! POISON THEM LIKE THE DOGS THEY ARE ABOUT TO KILL!

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by Lain]

The_Love_Below

United Kingdom

January 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:07 AM

They may be innocent dogs, but they are wild. Would you tolerate wild dogs in your town?

Don't get me wrong, I don't condone just flat out killing them, but the problem is a little out of control.

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by The_Love_Below]

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by The_Love_Below]

miss_lady

I'm lost

July 2003

JUL 24, 2004 10:10 AM

88 signatures, let's get some more.

Emylou

SUICIDEGIRL

Nevada, USA

JUL 24, 2004 10:11 AM

The_Love_Below said:
They may be innocent dogs, but they are wild. Would you tolerate wild dogs in your town?

Yes! Hey I live in the desert there are packs of coyotes all over. They may be wild but they are still life. Who are you to say it is your land more than thiers?

LiLTattS

Bernardsville, NJ

July 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:11 AM

Thats probably the saddest thing I have ever heard. Screw them.

With a nasty taste in my mouth for the Olympics now

Ariel

The_Love_Below

United Kingdom

January 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:16 AM

Emylou said:

The_Love_Below said:
They may be innocent dogs, but they are wild. Would you tolerate wild dogs in your town?

Yes! Hey I live in the desert there are packs of coyotes all over. They may be wild but they are still life. Who are you to say it is your land more than thiers?

I realise my quote sounded a little pro-poisoning (see edit)

Mythicus

Lawnside, NJ

May 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:16 AM

signed

Emylou

SUICIDEGIRL

Nevada, USA

JUL 24, 2004 10:17 AM

Don't get me wrong, I don't condone just flat out killing them, but theproblem is a little out of control.

So how about intsead of spending money on poison, spend the money to fix the dogs so they can't breed and make more strays?!

_Mrs_TLB_

United Kingdom

December 2003

JUL 24, 2004 10:18 AM

Ive signed it! its a very sad thing!

skunkboydevo

Golden Valley, AZ

July 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:20 AM

Not to make light of what they're doing over there.... But you do (hopefully) realize that here in America they retire (kill) over 26,000 "slow" greyhounds a year... People are assholes everywhere...

The_Love_Below

United Kingdom

January 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:23 AM

Emylou said:

Don't get me wrong, I don't condone just flat out killing them, but theproblem is a little out of control.

So how about intsead of spending money on poison, spend the money to fix the dogs so they can't breed and make more strays?!

Yeah, that sounds a lot better. From the article I read it seems the killing is being planned by a group of citizens in Athens. It's shame that it's going on.

Flannery

Havertown, PA

March 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:24 AM

The_Love_Below said:

Emylou said:

The_Love_Below said:
They may be innocent dogs, but they are wild. Would you tolerate wild dogs in your town?

Yes! Hey I live in the desert there are packs of coyotes all over. They may be wild but they are still life. Who are you to say it is your land more than thiers?

I realise my quote sounded a little pro-poisoning (see edit)

I agree with your original thought...
No city in the US would tolerate this....and they don't they have SPCA and Spay/Neuter programs.... what do you think they do with the dogs that SPCA picks up?.

Just because the SPCA wraps it with a bow doesn't mean the end result is any different.

Sign petitions to politicos and urge them to increase funding to prevent unwanted dogs from being abandoned (or created for that matter), or help your local chapters educate people about having their pets spayed or neutered.... they're usually offered for free.

This reminds me of the recent bear overpopulation problem in NJ... all these soccer moms freak out because the black bear population is on the rise (due to sprawl)...but they don't want to allow hunters to kill them and help maintain sustainable populations.

We need to send Bob Barker to Athens to help them get their learnin' on.

ed4grammar

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by scrantonian]

D0BERMANN

Quebec, QC

May 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:26 AM

Sick Bastards!

skunkboydevo

Golden Valley, AZ

July 2004

JUL 24, 2004 10:30 AM

Signed....

fiendish

USA

December 2002

JUL 24, 2004 11:01 AM

well i guess they are left with no other choice being they waited to the last minute, pretty piss poor idea thou.

exile dogs maybe?

97 signatures?

there is a petetion for konami's metal gear solid it has 687 though it doesn't say when the petitions was created.

try the one on the home page http://www.petitiononline.com/greece04/petition.html

over 6556 signatures

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by fiendish]

Polly

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUL 24, 2004 11:04 AM

signed and posted elsewhere.

Snottlebocket

Netherlands

March 2004

JUL 24, 2004 11:13 AM

The_Love_Below said:
They may be innocent dogs, but they are wild. Would you tolerate wild dogs in your town?

Don't get me wrong, I don't condone just flat out killing them, but the problem is a little out of control.

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by The_Love_Below]

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by The_Love_Below]

i agree, people don't like roach, ant, pigeon, rat problems etc either so why tolerate a infestation of stray dogs, because of that silly idea that they're man's best friend?
people mess up natural balances no problem but somehow when they attempt to fix them there's always someone up in arms.

killing them for the image of your town is kind of a lousy reason though.

Velvetone_Fusion

Owings Mills, MD

November 2003

JUL 24, 2004 11:33 AM

This sort of reminds me of a book i read, The City: Wild Kids of New City, where the mayor of "New City" releases violent criminals from prison, in the form of a task force. This task force is sent out to search the city streets, and gun down thousands of homeless childen, because they're seen as wild and ravenous.

magilla

Congo

May 2003

JUL 24, 2004 11:35 AM

Hey, where do you think all that fresh gyros is going to come from?

Emylou

SUICIDEGIRL

Nevada, USA

JUL 24, 2004 11:40 AM

fiendish said:
well i guess they are left with no other choice being they waited to the last minute, pretty piss poor idea thou.

exile dogs maybe?

97 signatures?

there is a petetion for konami's metal gear solid it has 687 though it doesn't say when the petitions was created.

try the one on the home page http://www.petitiononline.com/greece04/petition.html

over 6556 signatures

[Edited on Jul 24, 2004 by fiendish]

Its a differnt petetion, but also a good one. I'll add it too my original post
Thanks

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