Hate Mail

[den]

My euthanasia activities have earned me hate mail. According to *someone*@hotmail.com I should have tried to save the pigeon.

I like GreenPeace and animal rights activists and the work they do. But sometimes their members' "save the animal at all costs" mentality disregards the welfare and quality of life of the animal. Saving a wild animal so injured that it may never be released and must live in a small cage isn't saving the animal at all.

Comments

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

*tthbbt* to the person at @hotmail. They aren't thinking of anything other than the bird was killed. They aren't thinking past that at all. The haven't spent an instant thinking of the "after." What happens after? What will the animal do. That person is a moron.

You did the right thing eventhough it wasn't the happiest thing. They can't reconcile that sometimes there isn't always a happy ending.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

fuck 'em :P

Especially if they're the standard sort that complain about such things and have never actually stepped forth into the squickiness of trying to actually help.

Personally, I'll admit I'm far too easily squicked to do such nifty and helpful things as you do for the animals. I appreciate that someone does, though, and you're a friend whose judgment I trust.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

It had maggots and granulated tissue! What could you do, amputate its chest cavity and make it a prosthesis?

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

That's the thing. A lot of people expect all animal rescues to have happy endings, and a non-happy ending is unacceptable. Free Willy and all that.

Look at Keiko now.

[dizzdvl.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Stupid fuckers. They are completely happy in their ignorance. They have the luxury to judge because there isn't a bird in their hard. I keep saying we need an internet thwapper. When these idiots email ya you should be able to hit reply to sender with thwap.

[frayedknot.livejournal.com]

Forget about it, there's always going to be one. Reality sucks, is all.
And like mincemeat through a fly screen , so are the days of our lives.....

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Especially if they're the standard sort that complain about such things and have never actually stepped forth into the squickiness of trying to actually help.

Exactly. Nobody who hasn't gotten their own goddamned hands dirty saving lives has no right to bitch about the terrible, needful actions that people like you take every time you rescue an animal. Jesus. These are the same idiots who say that it's "unethical" to milk dairy cows, and try to "free" them... so the cows die in agony in a few days, because they can't survive without being milked. Yes, we've bred them to be that way; and yes, there's points for debate there, but "freeing" them is even more wrong - short-sighted and stupid.

*siiiiiiigh*

[tygermoonfoxx.livejournal.com]

How cowardly to hide behind a hotmail address!

The person has probably never engaged in rescue of any sort. The odds are against you from the moment you take in the injured or abandoned animal. You don't count your successes by the ones you couldn't help or you go crazy. You have to concentrate on the one you were able to release or send to rehab, not the ten others you lost.

You do a good job. Screw the critics.

[xenophon.livejournal.com]

I disagree. He should've tried to save the pigeon.

. . . fot the life of me I can't think of why, though. They're not good eating, even if it weren't maggot infested. They're dirty, nasty animals.

Okay, I'm just disagreeing to be ornery. No real reason, just to disagree. In fact, if I weren't disagreeing just becaues, I'd agree wholeheartedly with the decision. People that put their pets through chemo and other such things disgust me. The dog can't understand that it MAY get better. All the owner is doing is inflicting large amounts of pain and suffering. Chronic pain fucking sucks. It's horrible to watch the pet you love suffer, just to make yourself feel better.

Oh, and just in case anyone who's reading this is one of those freaks. Yeah. I've had pets put down.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

ED, yer a mental case.

[woodrunner.livejournal.com]

To hell with animal rights group when they themselves aren't involved and have no idea what the animal is going through.

They DO do good work with endangered species and the like, but when it comes to the rescue of single animals who are obviously too far gone to have any normal quality of life, they shouldn't piss on you for putting the pigeon down. Even if there was something you could have done, would the pigeon have survived a wildlife release? I don't think so...

Screw em!

[arcturax.livejournal.com]

There are dumb people out there, *really* dumb people. Maybe if they had a sucking chest wound for several days which was full of live maggots, they would appreciate a quick death as well.

[http://users.livejournal.com/crossfire_/]

You know I trust your judgement on these matters implicitly, for what it's worth. The person at hotmail can go find a corner, stick out their thumb, and play sit-n-spin.

And anyway, you're still the coolest person I know (and I know many very cool people, so that's saying something).

[moominmuppet.livejournal.com]

*grrr* You don't deserve that.

[tatterdemalion.livejournal.com]

Batty dear, you know me, and know that I'm a real softy when it comes to animals and stuff, but honestly, dickwad@hotmail can go fuck themselves with a splintery pole.. HOW dare they question your compassion and dedication to wildlife, anyone who knows you at all, knows how much you detest putting animals down, and will only do it as a last resort.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

You don't know me from Eve. I've read your diary every so often through a friend's page.

I cannot believe some piker had the gall to criticise you for how you cared for that pigeon. Yes, euthanasia is part of care.

I think you deserve lots of praise. And they need a boot to the head.