Sochi: more animal abuse

[anonyme]

Sochi Olympic officials have just decided to slaughter all the stray dogs in the city prior to the games. First, the orca capture; now this. The exterminator refers to these dogs as “biological trash”.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/02/03/sochi-officials-order-stray-dogs-killed-ahead-olympics/

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[Emmy Bell]

Grist reported it too. Was there even any way to prevent this? If anything animal rights advocates have to keep there eye on this in advance for the next Olympics where ever they may be. Outrage should be expressed by any and all individuals and animal organizations starting with the American Humane Society. I’ll look into getting names and addresses of who should receive responses of outrage. Time to bombard them and shame them and then there is always a good old fashion boycott of the Olympics along with their sponsors. Make it impossible to get the dog blood off their hands.

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[wsn00b]

In other news, humans kill animals for fun, food and profit.

I still fail to see how those chickens half of West Seattle had for lunch today are any different from those stray dogs.

Would you not host the olympics in the US because a good chunk of the country hunts animals for kicks?

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[2 Much Whine]

We eat cows and pigs. Imagine the outrage a whole lot of the rest of the world feels toward us. . . .

I think outrage would be better directed toward sponsoring a spay and neuter campaign in some of these countries. Stray dogs and cats are a huge problem in much of the world because many countries do not believe in birth control like we do.

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[Rainier]

2 Much Whine, how great to hear you are doing something about the spay/neuter issue in those countries. Wherever you feel your energy and efforts are best put, that is where you should put them.

wsn00b you are right, there are many ways animals are used and abused. Since there are so many does that mean we should focus on none?

To paraphrase a friend: It gets us nowhere to diminish animal welfare as a moral concern by changing the subject from one affliction to another, as if we cannot be expected to care about both, or as if those very afflictions are a constant preoccupation in our daily lives. Such answers are the first reflex of many people, amounting to the non sequitur “There is much suffering, therefore (this particular issue)is beneath my attention.”… Compassion for one group doesn’t drain away some finite reserve of moral energy and idealism, to the detriment of others welfare, but surely adds to the supply. In any case it usually consists in simply not doing bad things to others, and in preventing wrongdoing by others. Cruelty issues like factory farming present specific moral choices. If we’re making the wrong ones, then to shift attention to other woes in the world is … idle and evasive.

Anonyme, thank you for caring and bringing the Sochi dog culling to the attention of West Seattle. It is something I have been following and am disturbed about. Sometimes these issues seem overwhelmingly big but putting concerns out there in the world to talk about is a good way to be reminded that others care, want to make this a kinder world, and are working in unison to make it so.

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[2 Much Whine]

I am so sorry you misunderstood me, Rainier. I am doing nothing about spaying/neutering of feral dogs and cats in Sochi or in most other parts of the world. I have lived in places that had a very high population of feral critters and while there I did my best to rescue/feed/spay some. That’s the extent of it. I was just pointing out that we can’t always compel other countries to have our same value system (although we try).

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[hammerhead]

It is better than nothing.

This guy helped build things for the olympics so I really have to give credit to trying to help do something.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2014/02/06/sochi-olympics-a-russian-billionaire-is-trying-to-save-the-stray-dogs/

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[anonyme]

Rainier, you summed it up perfectly. Thank you.

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[RG]

This is huge.

The Russian Federation could have called on national or international animal welfare organizations to come in and humanely handle this situation for them, free of charge, and not suffered a hit to their already-damaged games reputation. But they chose not to do so.

The majority of the world views dogs and puppies as companions/pets so I’m not sure what they tried to prove by not accepting assistance from animal welfare organizations way in advance of the games.

From what I understand, and I could be wrong on this point, most locals see these dogs as a part of their community; that’s why a lot of them appear as healthy as they do (nourished) and like to hang around people.

I think President Putin adores his black lab, but I’m not sure why he didn’t consult her before acting heartlessly.

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[seaopgal]

These Olympics are an equal-opportunity destroyer: ethics, forests, animals, local villages, water supplies, human rights, carry-on luggage (all liquids, powders, gels banned on flights to Russia today) …

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[HunterG]

Considering the Russian policy on Homosexuals, it seems apt that they would oust (or give a gentle sell or be imprisoned) native Sochi Villagers to build the Olympic Village and force the them to leave their pets behind, dubbing them strays and then killing them. I for one am boycotting the Sochi games.

I wonder if Putin was forced from his home and also forced to leave his beloved black lab behind if he would have a problem with he or she being poisoned.

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