WONDERFUL PEOPLE YOU QUEBECERS ARE!!!
THIS SHIT GOES ON AND THIS IDIOT HAS THE
GALL TO POST THIS INQUIRY.........
ASSHOLES!!
WHAT A STUPID, BACKWARD, INANE POLICY.
Quebec shelters brace for moving day
No-pet rules mean over 500,000 animals will be left behind
Montreal - Not everybody will get a new home on Quebec's July 1 annual
moving day. City-run shelters have been set up to handle the human crunch of
people who couldn't find or couldn't afford new accommodations as Montreal
copes with continued tight vacancy rates.
But more than 500,000 of Quebec's four-legged residents will be left to
aimlessly wander the streets, peer anxiously from behind cage bars or simply
be killed if no one adopts them. "Right now we have exceeded the capacity of
the shelter," said Pierre Barnoti, director of the Montreal branch of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The organization's two
Montreal shelters now house around 600 animals. "Every tenant who's trying
to move into a dwelling and has a pet has a problem in Quebec. Less and less
landlords are tolerant of pets." Most of the abandoned animals are cats -
about 65 per cent - and the remainder are dogs. Quebec displays one more
example of its distinctiveness from the rest of Canada on July 1. When the
rest of the country is focused on celebrating the country's birth, Quebecers
are lugging furniture. July 1 has been the province's official moving day
since 1973, when it was legislated to ease disruptions to the school year
caused by the old moving date, May 1. That means most of the leases in the
province end on the same day, clogging the streets with moving vans and
filling the air with grunts. Often, Fido and Kitty are not toted along with
the dishes and chairs. They get dropped off somewhere away from home, often
lured away from their owner by what appears to be a friendly game of fetch -
except the owner disappears before the dog brings back the ball. Other times
they're simply abandoned until someone hands them over to the SPCA.
Barnoti said the stress brought on by the abandonment often compromises the
animal's immune system and sometimes it has to be put down when it becomes
ill. "These are fantastic animals," Barnoti said. "There is nothing wrong
with them except that the people who own them cannot have them any more in
order to find an apartment. "Luckily, we've been increasing our adoptions
every year for the past 10 years. I believe we have the record in Canada for
the largest number of animals adopted so I still hang on to the hope that I
won't have to euthanize too many animals." Barnoti didn't have cross-Canada
figures for abandoned animals but it's more likely a seasonal concern. No
other province mandates a single moving day and leases are staggered. But
John Levi, president of the Canadian Association of Movers, said movers are
still kept hopping. "This is the busiest season of the year for movers as
kids come out of school, as job transfers occur mostly over the summer and
people's leases on their rental accommodation come up at the end of the
month," he said from Mississauga, Ont. Alan DeSousa, a member of the city of
Montreal's executive committee, urged people to think twice before
abandoning their pet. "It's an act of cruelty to the animal because it risks
dying of cold, hunger, illness or injuries," he said. "As well, they create
a public nuisance because in reproducing, they give birth to other strays."
DeSousa, along with Patricia Tulasne of the Quebec Society for the
Protection of Animals, urged people to find new homes for their pets instead
of leaving them to fend for themselves.
Does anybody know good pet stores in Montreal (Downtown area is preferable)
? I want to buy a parrot and a cage with all the accesories. Thanks in
advance for any information.
I know, parrots are probably allowed in most apts., it just the concept
of what occurs there every July 1....
That's the stupid, backward policy I was referring to...it brings to mind
a similar mindless policy that finally got corrected [n.s.] and that was the
practice of ALL vehicle registrations coming up for renewal every Apr. 01
Who are you talking to???
-Ray.
--
It's pronounced Gow'-dy.
"f'njerks" <f'njerks@no-spam> wrote in message
news:VShMa.31389$PD3.104000@no-spam
> That's the stupid, backward policy I was referring to...it brings to mind
> a similar mindless policy that finally got corrected [n.s.] and that was the
> practice of ALL vehicle registrations coming up for renewal every Apr. 01
>
>
He is having a conversation with himself...LOL
"Ray Goudie" <rgoudie@no-spam> wrote in message
news:NmiMa.33040$104.387430@no-spam
> Who are you talking to???
>
> -Ray.
>
> --
> It's pronounced Gow'-dy.
>
>
>
> "f'njerks" <f'njerks@no-spam> wrote in message
> news:VShMa.31389$PD3.104000@no-spam
> > That's the stupid, backward policy I was referring to...it brings to
mind
> > a similar mindless policy that finally got corrected [n.s.] and that was
the
> > practice of ALL vehicle registrations coming up for renewal every Apr.
01
> >
> >
>