13 Quotes for Mayor Vance Trively

Update! Good news! Mayor Vance Trively's bumheaded "cat bounty" has been overturned, thanks to the power of the people ... and the power of purrs! Read about it here
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Many of us are aware of the national media frenzy over the atrocity being committed by Mayor Vance Trively of Randolph, Iowa. He has offered a $5 bounty for each stray cat or dog brought in to be "disposed of". Click here for and here for more information.

We urge everyone to express your outrage against this "holocaust."

And we urge the "Honorable" Mayor Vance Trively to consider the following 13 quotes from those whose wisdom greatly exceeds his own ...

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
~~ Immanuel Kant

"Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character ... he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man." ~~ Arthur Schopenhauer

"I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being ... I care not for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not better for it." ~~ Abraham Lincoln

"Until we stop harming all other living things, we are still savages."
~~ Thomas Edison

"If a man aspires toward a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals." ~~ Albert Einstein

"If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." ~~ Saint Francis of Assisi

"Animals suffer as much as we do. True humanity does not allow us to impose such sufferings upon them. ... Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace."
~~ Albert Schweitzer

"As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot live together." ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

"When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble." ~~ Buddha

"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man." ~~ Charles Darwin

"Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by what is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?"
~~ Pierre Troubetzkoy

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." ~~ Mahatma Ghandi

"Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not?
Animals don't vote."
~~ Paul Harvey

Please report animal cruelty

Cat blogging is usually lighthearted and uplifting. But occasionally an issue - although unpleasant - demands our attention and action. We ask you to go to Laurence Simon's Catcall and watch the extremely disturbing YouTube video someone forwarded to him of a cat being bathed in a contraption called a Pet Spa. As he warns, this is not for the faint of heart. Then read the comments posted by your fellow cat lovers. All agree: this is cat abuse.

The manufacturer states on their website, "This award winning patented technology is the safest and most effective pet cleaning system in the world. The unique design was created by a team of Veterinaries, Animal Behaviorists and Engineers for the well being of the Pet." We propose that not a single cat lover exists who would agree with this statement! We believe the Pet Spa constitutes nothing less than cruelty to animals. Yet it is being sold to, and used by, pet groomers across the United States. Would you put your beloved kitty in your dishwasher? And the company advocates using it not for just cats and dogs, but for small animals as well. As someone else commented, can you imagine what this would do to a bunny?

We at ArtsyCatsy are protesting what we believe is animal abuse, and we hope all pet lovers will do the same. First, we emailed a letter of protest to the manufacturer and to all pet groomers using the Pet Spa. The manufacturer's contact information is:
Pet Spa USA
www.petspausa.com
Email: info@petspausa.com
4743 NW 72nd Ave, Miami, FL 33166
Phone: 800-973-8772
Fax: 305-594-8755

Next, we reported the company to the ASPCA, PETA and the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida. Their email addresses are:
website@aspca.org
Info@peta.org
arff@animalrightsflorida.org

As Mahatma Ghandi wisely observed, The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Perhaps this measurement should also be applied to businesses.