Let's Stop Killing Dogs and Cats For Convenience

EVERY COMMUNITY IN AMERICA is being encouraged by various groups, the Humane Society, P.E.T.A., and others, to adopt a "no kill" policy for stray and homeless dogs and cat, regardless of expense and inconvenience, in order to assuage our consciousness, to purge the sin of murder from our blood stained souls, and to avoid the wrath of a just God. Fairly good reasons, one would think. If nothing else, cate especially could be trapped, spayed or neutered, vaccinated, and returned to their former hunting grounds. Stray cats actually to do rather well, all things considered. Sometimes a cat becomes community property, a friend for everyone. The very existence of such beautiful creatures as dogs and cats seems to prove that the creator is kind and loving; We Americans like to think of ourselves as kind, compassionate, willing to do whatever necessary for the sake of life - but are we really? Do we really want, are we really willing to continue killing millions of dogs and cats because it is the easiest thing for us to do? Surely not. I have a friend from Shanghai, China who came to my small town, and became instantly bored. He was amazed at how many Americans seemed to be loners. He said to me: "you Americans are the loneliest people in the world. You care more about your dogs and cats than you do each other.' I smiled and told him: "you got that right." He told me that in China people are seldom alone, and that, rather than keeping dogs and cats as pets, they eat them. Well, maybe a society is healthier when people spend more time together; there is no doubt that we Americans tend to be an individualistic and independent lot. But I'll take the American approach to dogs and cats any day of the week.