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As a fairly new follower and supporter of the animal
rights philosophies and protection movement, I'm always thrilled to find
new information that reinforces my personal journey discovering human
compassion. I recently found a whole country of them! Italy. Since
websites speak more than a thousand words, I'd like to share:
Italian Law
http://www.friendsofromancats.org/italianlaw.html
1) General Principles
The State enforces and regulates the treatment of domestic animals,
condemns any violence against them, condemns the bad treatment or the
abandoning of them, with the aim to promote the cohabitation of humans
and animals, and to promote public health and the environment.
~Also~
San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/15/MN213504.DTL
But Italy is far ahead of the United States in refusing
to euthanize healthy cats and dogs, Wheeler said. In fact, it is illegal
in Italy to put to death a companion animal. According to the Humane
Society of the United States, between 4 million and 5 million dogs and
cats are euthanized each year in the United States.
Then just recently this happy piece of news crossed my
desk..in Spain:
Spanish Cities End Euthanization at Animal Shelters -
http://www.anc.org/pets/pets_article.cfm?identifier=2003_0411_euthanization
The article begins:
The governments of the Spanish cities of Barcelona and Mataro recently
prohibited animal shelters from euthanizing stray cats and dogs that are
not severely ill or injured, or dangerous.
In my perfect world, such a law would be mandated in the
U.S. also. It would certainly force our local communities to go after
those who create the companion animal overpopulation problem in the
first place!
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