"How heartless you look to people around the world”
Fosteringofcompassioninneighborhoods
willing and able to provide it.
not just the townspeople who are paying
The Editor,
withresidentsco-operatingwitheachother
People are not going to stop feeding the
attention but everyone is reading about this.
Why would the Town of Hawkesbury
and helping with the TSNR program;
cats on their own property or at designated
Do you really want to be known as the Town
choose to be so cruel and inhumane by
Allowing homeless cats to live out their
colonies. According to the OSPCA Act,
Council that encourages the starvation of
proposing a by-law to fine residents $200
natural lifespan ingoodhealth;Reduction
Section 21, the by-law that provides the
abandoned and neglected cats, or wouldn’t
for feeding homeless cats?
in the spreadofdisease (rabies, distemper,
greatest protection to animals shall prevail.
you rather adopt practices that make your
Theover-populationof homeless cats is
feline immunodeficiency virus, feline
No animal-loving person will abide by this
town appear progressive, visionary and
totally the fault of human neglect and
leukemia); Improved overall health to the
by-law and would rather go to jail before
humane?
ignoranceandnowMayorBerthiaumeand
homeless cat population because cats are
paying any fine for being compassionate
These innocent and beautiful cats deserve
council is proposing by-law #46-2011
no longer stressed due to fighting and
and caring towards the well-being of cats.
our compassion and care and the only way to
which will deprive these innocent and
pregnancy.
Howheartless you look topeople around
give thema chance at healthier lives is through
voicelessanimalsofthecompassionatecare
Where is your conscience? Your by-
the world (yes, you are on the Net now) it is
the TSNR program. This program is the most
they deserve from those of us who are
law seriously contravenes what is
humane and effective way to control the
considered elsewhere in Canada to be
homeless cat population not a by-law that
humane to animals.
advocates cruelty.
Please take examples from cities that
The offspring of a single unspayed cat can
have managed to reduce their homeless
be responsible for as much as 5,000 cats in 7
cat populationwithhumanemethods. So,
years. Multiply this by how many unspayed
leave thepeoplealonewhoare committed
cats are living on the streets, imagine the
to helping these abandoned victims of
numbers of kittens being born. So, a TSNR
humanneglect andwhowork tirelessly to
program is critical in reducing the over-
raise funds tospayandneuterandprovide
population of homeless cats.
food and shelter while you discuss
With TSNR programs, cats are humanely
legislating further neglect.
trapped, spayed or neutered, and provided
Mayor Berthiaume and council it is
with other necessary veterinary care. Upon
timeforyoutosupporttheTSNRprogram.
recovery, the cats are released to the care of
By supporting this program you are
volunteerswhoprovide themwithshelter and
helping to get a problem under control
food for the remainder of their lives. Many
that affects everyone in the community.
homeless cats are actually tame, abandoned
In this respect TSNR is a community
pets or their offspring who can be socialized
service. Perhaps a fund could be set up
andre-homedif fosteredandexposedtocaring
where residents could donate to, or how
humans early enough. Those cats who have
about using themoneycollected fromdog
had no human contact can sometimes be
license fees? Donate a vacant building for
socialized with patience and time, and are no
a shelter that would be run by volunteers.
less “valuable” because theyhave not had safe
Meet with the vets, the OSPCA and those
and loving homes in which they learned to
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whoare concerned for thewelfare of these
trust.
cats. Be a leader in responsibility, become
The benefits of a TSNR program include:
An artistic comment on bird-feeding commentary
actively involved in support of the TSNR
Stabilization of the homeless cat populations
program but most of all Mayor
The Editor,
anddrasticallyreducednumberofkittensbeing
Berthiaume, please show compassion for
Regarding the proposed town of Hawkesbury by-law 46-2011 prohibiting the feeding
borneachspringandsummer andshowingup
the homeless cats of Hawkesbury.
of certain “pest birds,” this is unacceptable and cruel. I demonstrate my opinion against
in backyards, warehouses and vacant lots;
this proposal by this illustration, entitled, “Selective feeding in wind chill -30 C.”
K ATHLEEN A DAMS , D ALKEITH
Reduction of nuisance behavior - fighting,
H EATHER L ABELLE , H AWKESBURY
spraying, howlingso thereare less complaints;
M ARIA K RAEMER , H AWKESBURY
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