Kenji Longaway
01-23-2007, 07:12 AM
The last time I checked California law regarding animals sometime in December...humans can no longer be regarded as an animals "Master". Instead they are now there "caretakers", so to speak.
Why should I care, you ask? I was browsing around at the pound. I have given some thought about purchasing a Felis Catus. Or perhaps a Domestic kanine.
But then I remembered my vowing to a past loved one. I vowed to my bunny Evan that I would never own another creature after his passing. It was so hard to accept that he was gone. He died so horribly; from a black widow bite. He suffered a lot for about three months before his body just finally gave up. I wasn't there when he died. In some ways I am glad wasn't, in others I wish I could have comforted him.
He had what is called a myocardio infraction.
I couldn't accept that he was gone. I didn't bury him until the next day. Rigorous mortem and all. I still checked his pulse just to see if he was alive; to no avail.
Maybe I was too attached to him. I was on home shool at the time because my family was moving, and I didn't have any other friends.
Today would have been the anniversary of the first time I named him. I named him Evan because his phenotype originate from Holand. He was Dutch. "Holly Lop". That is what the sign specified him as when I bought him.
I really feel that animals should be free if a person cannot give them the proper attention they need. I could have done a better job of caring for Evan. He needed to be with his own kind. Who am I to take him from his parents, and family? Because that is what I did. I saw his parents in the cage with him before I bought him. They all looked so unhappy, I wish I hadn't broke up their family.
Should people be allowed to be the "Masters" of animals?
Should we be allowed to have pets? Or are we doing more harm than good?
Why should I care, you ask? I was browsing around at the pound. I have given some thought about purchasing a Felis Catus. Or perhaps a Domestic kanine.
But then I remembered my vowing to a past loved one. I vowed to my bunny Evan that I would never own another creature after his passing. It was so hard to accept that he was gone. He died so horribly; from a black widow bite. He suffered a lot for about three months before his body just finally gave up. I wasn't there when he died. In some ways I am glad wasn't, in others I wish I could have comforted him.
He had what is called a myocardio infraction.
I couldn't accept that he was gone. I didn't bury him until the next day. Rigorous mortem and all. I still checked his pulse just to see if he was alive; to no avail.
Maybe I was too attached to him. I was on home shool at the time because my family was moving, and I didn't have any other friends.
Today would have been the anniversary of the first time I named him. I named him Evan because his phenotype originate from Holand. He was Dutch. "Holly Lop". That is what the sign specified him as when I bought him.
I really feel that animals should be free if a person cannot give them the proper attention they need. I could have done a better job of caring for Evan. He needed to be with his own kind. Who am I to take him from his parents, and family? Because that is what I did. I saw his parents in the cage with him before I bought him. They all looked so unhappy, I wish I hadn't broke up their family.
Should people be allowed to be the "Masters" of animals?
Should we be allowed to have pets? Or are we doing more harm than good?