Unchain the dogs of New York State
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NYS legislators
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We believe that it's time for New York State to join the anti-tethering movement and put an end to the suffering of the perpetually chained/tethered dog. Leaving a dog chained is cruel to the dog, being a social animal they crave companionship and constant chaining leaves them alone and frustrated not knowing why they have been shunned from their family. Being pack animals by nature, isolation from their family is particularly difficult for them to endure.
In September of 2006, Gov. Schwarzenegger of California signed SB 1578 into law, limiting the amount of time a dog can be chained to 3 hours per day. California, Connecticut, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia all have implemented laws to protect dogs from this barbaric practice.
Anti chaining is also key to eliminating dog fighting because dog fighters always use chaining as a means of creating an aggressive dog who is kept just inches from other dogs, causing an insatiable drive to kill the other dogs. It also protects police officers from drug dealers who so often keep very aggressive dogs chained to every door preventing police officers from approaching unannounced.
Please consider this legislation for New York State. These poor dogs suffer heat stroke, freezing cold, hunger, thirst, boredom, anxiety, stress, sadness, anger and extreme loneliness that can lead to psychological damage. Because they cannot escape, in so many cases anyone approaching them is perceived as a threat and may be met with aggression; the dog's pitifully small environment is often defended with ferocity.
Our other initiative is Mothers Against Dog Chaining please visit www.mothersagainstdogchaining.org/attack.html Read the stories of these children, look at their precious faces. So many of them did not survive being attacked by the dog they thought was their friend, a dog that may have been their friend at one time but slowly lost their minds as a result of being chained and alone for so many days, weeks, months or years.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a statement in the July 2, 1996 Federal Register against tethering: "Our experience in enforcing the Animal Welfare Act has led us to conclude that continuous confinement of dogs by a tether is inhumane. A tether significantly restricts a dog's movement. A tether can also become tangled around or hooked on the dog's shelter structure or other objects, further restricting the dog's movement and potentially causing injury." it must be deemed unacceptable for man's best friend as they are companion animals... sentient beings, not lawn ornaments.
Don't allow them to suffer in silence, let us, as humane New Yorker's demand better treatment for these special animals who are prevalant in almost every aspect of our society. Police, military, companions for the disabled, therapy, rescue and recovery work ... the list goes on.
Dogs Do Deserve Better !!
In September of 2006, Gov. Schwarzenegger of California signed SB 1578 into law, limiting the amount of time a dog can be chained to 3 hours per day. California, Connecticut, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia all have implemented laws to protect dogs from this barbaric practice.
Anti chaining is also key to eliminating dog fighting because dog fighters always use chaining as a means of creating an aggressive dog who is kept just inches from other dogs, causing an insatiable drive to kill the other dogs. It also protects police officers from drug dealers who so often keep very aggressive dogs chained to every door preventing police officers from approaching unannounced.
Please consider this legislation for New York State. These poor dogs suffer heat stroke, freezing cold, hunger, thirst, boredom, anxiety, stress, sadness, anger and extreme loneliness that can lead to psychological damage. Because they cannot escape, in so many cases anyone approaching them is perceived as a threat and may be met with aggression; the dog's pitifully small environment is often defended with ferocity.
Our other initiative is Mothers Against Dog Chaining please visit www.mothersagainstdogchaining.org/attack.html Read the stories of these children, look at their precious faces. So many of them did not survive being attacked by the dog they thought was their friend, a dog that may have been their friend at one time but slowly lost their minds as a result of being chained and alone for so many days, weeks, months or years.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a statement in the July 2, 1996 Federal Register against tethering: "Our experience in enforcing the Animal Welfare Act has led us to conclude that continuous confinement of dogs by a tether is inhumane. A tether significantly restricts a dog's movement. A tether can also become tangled around or hooked on the dog's shelter structure or other objects, further restricting the dog's movement and potentially causing injury." it must be deemed unacceptable for man's best friend as they are companion animals... sentient beings, not lawn ornaments.
Don't allow them to suffer in silence, let us, as humane New Yorker's demand better treatment for these special animals who are prevalant in almost every aspect of our society. Police, military, companions for the disabled, therapy, rescue and recovery work ... the list goes on.
Dogs Do Deserve Better !!
We believe that it's time for New York State to join the anti-tethering movement and put an end to the suffering of the perpetually chained/tethered dog. Leaving a dog chained is cruel to the dog, being a social animal they crave companionship and constant chaining leaves them alone and frustrated not knowing why they have been shunned from their family. Being pack animals by nature, isolation from their family is particularly difficult for them to endure.
In September of 2006, Gov. Schwarzenegger of California signed SB 1578 into law, limiting the amount of time a dog can be chained to 3 hours per day. California, Connecticut, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia all have implemented laws to protect dogs from this barbaric practice.
Anti chaining is also key to eliminating dog fighting because dog fighters always use chaining as a means of creating an aggressive dog who is kept just inches from other dogs, causing an insatiable drive to kill the other dogs. It also protects police officers from drug dealers who so often keep very aggressive dogs chained to every door preventing police officers from approaching unannounced.
Please consider this legislation for New York State. These poor dogs suffer heat stroke, freezing cold, hunger, thirst, boredom, anxiety, stress, sadness, anger and extreme loneliness that can lead to psychological damage. Because they cannot escape, in so many cases anyone approaching them is perceived as a threat and may be met with aggression; the dog's pitifully small environment is often defended with ferocity.
Our other initiative is Mothers Against Dog Chaining please visit www.mothersagainstdogchaining.org/attack.html Read the stories of these children, look at their precious faces. So many of them did not survive being attacked by the dog they thought was their friend, a dog that may have been their friend at one time but slowly lost their minds as a result of being chained and alone for so many days, weeks, months or years.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a statement in the July 2, 1996 Federal Register against tethering: "Our experience in enforcing the Animal Welfare Act has led us to conclude that continuous confinement of dogs by a tether is inhumane. A tether significantly restricts a dog's movement. A tether can also become tangled around or hooked on the dog's shelter structure or other objects, further restricting the dog's movement and potentially causing injury." it must be deemed unacceptable for man's best friend as they are companion animals... sentient beings, not lawn ornaments.
Don't allow them to suffer in silence, let us, as humane New Yorker's demand better treatment for these special animals who are prevalant in almost every aspect of our society. Police, military, companions for the disabled, therapy, rescue and recovery work ... the list goes on.
Dogs Do Deserve Better !!
In September of 2006, Gov. Schwarzenegger of California signed SB 1578 into law, limiting the amount of time a dog can be chained to 3 hours per day. California, Connecticut, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia all have implemented laws to protect dogs from this barbaric practice.
Anti chaining is also key to eliminating dog fighting because dog fighters always use chaining as a means of creating an aggressive dog who is kept just inches from other dogs, causing an insatiable drive to kill the other dogs. It also protects police officers from drug dealers who so often keep very aggressive dogs chained to every door preventing police officers from approaching unannounced.
Please consider this legislation for New York State. These poor dogs suffer heat stroke, freezing cold, hunger, thirst, boredom, anxiety, stress, sadness, anger and extreme loneliness that can lead to psychological damage. Because they cannot escape, in so many cases anyone approaching them is perceived as a threat and may be met with aggression; the dog's pitifully small environment is often defended with ferocity.
Our other initiative is Mothers Against Dog Chaining please visit www.mothersagainstdogchaining.org/attack.html Read the stories of these children, look at their precious faces. So many of them did not survive being attacked by the dog they thought was their friend, a dog that may have been their friend at one time but slowly lost their minds as a result of being chained and alone for so many days, weeks, months or years.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a statement in the July 2, 1996 Federal Register against tethering: "Our experience in enforcing the Animal Welfare Act has led us to conclude that continuous confinement of dogs by a tether is inhumane. A tether significantly restricts a dog's movement. A tether can also become tangled around or hooked on the dog's shelter structure or other objects, further restricting the dog's movement and potentially causing injury." it must be deemed unacceptable for man's best friend as they are companion animals... sentient beings, not lawn ornaments.
Don't allow them to suffer in silence, let us, as humane New Yorker's demand better treatment for these special animals who are prevalant in almost every aspect of our society. Police, military, companions for the disabled, therapy, rescue and recovery work ... the list goes on.
Dogs Do Deserve Better !!
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We signed the "Unchain the dogs of New York State" petition!
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Imagine How it would feel to have a chain around you neck your entire life-never to know the basic right of free movement, never to be a part of a caring family. Margaret
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What a disgrace that a state that likes to think itself superior wouldn't be the first in line to understand that dogs do not belong on chains and do something about it. Don't they do their homework and understand that most children who are bitten are attacked by chained dogs who are protecting their tiny piece of territory? Now I know why I moved out of NYS!
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Dogs are companion animals, and it is cruel to keep them chained.
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Dear NYS legislators, Having witnessed first hand the damage that chaining can do to a dog, I urge you to put teeth into a law that will stop this type of animal abuse! It is well past due that dogs be treated with care and kindness. Please, end the suffering NOW! Katherine Hunter
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How would you like to be chained 24 hours a day every day of the year? This is animal abuse and it must be stopped asap. Thank you
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Unchain the dogs of New York State
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Chaining dogs only makes them aggressive. they nead companionship, being a pack animal. Therefore chaining should be band.
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How barberic
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Please please join the anti-tethering movement and put an end to the suffering of the perpetually chained/tethered dog. It's up to us, caring humane people to guard those poor victims against cruel and inhumane people.
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2:30 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Angela Rhodes, Greece
Chaining a dog is a barbaric practice, they never get the chance to run and be free leading to boredom and depression, in other words they live in hell. |
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What is the point of keeping a dog tethered? Dogs are pack animals and need to be with other animals or their human companions. A dog on a chain can't even properly protect their surroundings, so keeping one as a guard dog is not a valid reason. This is unhealthy for the animal and out right cruel. If you don't have a fence or don't want to let the dog in your home, then you shouldn't adopt one.
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9:14 am PDT, Jun 18,
Carolyn Dimmick, Illinois
DO NOT ALLOW ANY DOG TO EVER BE CHAINED!! It is CRUEL, INHUMANE and can cause a dog significant psychological, emotional and physical harm! I would never do that to ANY animal! It should be ILLEGAL to ever cause any kind of harm to Man's Best Friend! |
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This is long overdue.
