Go Orange for Animals!

I'VE GONE ORANGE!

Today is ASPCA Day, and animal lovers across America are going orange to commemorate 142 years since the founding of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

ASPCA President & CEO Ed Sayres says, “While we fight animal cruelty day in and day out, April, and specifically ‘ASPCA Day’ on April 10, is a great time for us to take stock of our progress, and celebrate our bond with animals.” Orange, the ASPCA’s signature color, is often identified with vibrancy and energy. “It is our hope that by identifying the combined efforts of the ASPCA and its partners with this color, the public will begin to identify “orange” with the welfare of animals all across the country,” added Sayres.

To learn more about what you can do to celebrate this special day, and to check out the festivities across the country, go to ASPCA Day!

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

13 Reasons Not to Go to The Vet

Sharolyn: C’mon Rocky, it’s time to go to the vet.
Rocky: WHAT? I don’t think so!
Sharolyn: Now, Rocky, it’s for your own good. We’ve solved your excessive ear wax problem by putting fish oil in your food, but now the skin on the inside of your ears is turning black and developing hard nodules.
Rocky: Maybe I LIKE hard nodules in my ears, you ever think of that? Put that stupid cage back in the basement, ‘cause I’m giving you 13 good reasons why I shouldn’t go to the vet:

1) I’m the Artsy Catsy CEO (Cat Executive Officer) and as The Decider, if I decide I don't want to go to the vet, that’s that!

2) If it ain't broke, don't fix it! So what if I have black skin and bumps in my ears? I say as long as I can still hear, leave 'em alone!!

3) You like being able to hear, right? Well, take me to the vet and I’ll scream so loud I’ll break your eardrums!

4) You look nice with skin on your arms and hands. Take me to the vet and it’s bye-bye skin!

5) Your Jeep looks nice with upholstery on its seats. Take me to the vet and it’s bye-bye upholstery!

6) Maybe I’m growing black ears so I can join the Tuxedo Gang, you ever think of that?

7) Maybe I’m just putting on a black suit as befits an important executive!

8) Take me to the vet and I’ll put the bitey on you, so you’ll have to go to the human vet!

9) Take me to the vet and I’ll resign and you’ll have to run this company!

10) If you take me to the vet, I’ll sue you for cruelty to animals!

11) If you take me to the vet, I’ll never use the litter pan again!

12) If you take me to the vet, I’ll pee on you!!

13) If you take me to the vet, I'll ... I'll …… owwwww, my ears hurt! What’s the matter with you? Why haven’t you taken me to the vet?

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.