Petition - Please read and sign to help rescue dragon!

[RowenJade]

http://www.change.org/petitions/rep...e-and-deserve-to-be-saved-from-abusive-owners


***Note to Mods: I know this is kind of a double post but fewer people look on the rescue forum. Please let this stay up.

 

[Prouddragonmama]

You rock! Signed and also posted the link on fbook!!!!

 

[NomadUK]

Signed. think owner should be caged up and not fed then dumped with no strength to hunt for food..

 

[RowenJade]

Thanks everyone and thats great you posted to fb!!

Thank you thank you thank you

 

[Atrax]

Signed. think owner should be caged up and not fed then dumped with no strength to hunt for food..

+1000


Person that did this to that beardie is a lowlife and should be held accountable! I wonder is a beardie/lizard less of an animal than dog or cat?!?!?


Signed and shared on FB!
Thank you for letting us know about this! :notworthy:

 

[RowenJade]

37 views and only 25 sigs D: common

*bump*

 

[jjh1]

I signed and shared this on my facebook page !
Joanne

 

[Nuka042]

Just to let you know, I posted the link to the petition on my facebook page along with a picture of Rocky's stomach to show the extent of his condition.

 

[sheri85]

thanks for sharing this! i signed, of course.

@Atrax--
i've actually met a lot of people that think of reptiles as less than. when my turtle was at the vet last year and i expressed my worry to my coworkers, i got a lot of "it's a turtle. just get a new one." my animals are not furniture! my animal is sick, not broken, and she certainly isn't replaceable. i love my turtle and beardie as much as my cat, and as much as anyone loves their dog. i guess having fur makes an animal worth caring about?

 

[Bwalter]

I signed it also. For me my animals are my kids, Booger ( beardie) is just the same as my dog, cat and horse. They eat before I do, but thats how I care for them. Sick people like that needs no animals at all.

 

[Atrax]

thanks for sharing this! i signed, of course.

@Atrax--
i've actually met a lot of people that think of reptiles as less than. when my turtle was at the vet last year and i expressed my worry to my coworkers, i got a lot of "it's a turtle. just get a new one." my animals are not furniture! my animal is sick, not broken, and she certainly isn't replaceable. i love my turtle and beardie as much as my cat, and as much as anyone loves their dog. i guess having fur makes an animal worth caring about?

Exactly! Some people just make me sick!

I'm this |<->| close to start strangling people like this!!!
I don't want to see this in person, b/c I would end up in jail after beating the concrete block into this persons thick skull!

 

[MarleyMoe]

Signed!

 

[Jamiedog]

i love my turtle and beardie as much as my cat, and as much as anyone loves their dog. i guess having fur makes an animal worth caring about?

Sadly, no, it's an even narrower definition than that - people have acted as if I should treat my rats as disposable, too, and they definitely have fur (well... okay, there's a hairless variety, but cats and dogs come in those, too!). "Why are you taking your rat to a vet? Didn't it cost, like, $5?" "You paid that much for a cage? What's wrong with those hamster ones at Petsmart?" What, because I paid less for the animal, its life has intrinsically less value? I don't think so. If we're going along that route, go pick up a few "free to a good home" kittens and bring them home and beat them to death, right?

Read the petition; will sign it now. (I don't have a FB account.) This kind of thing makes me want to cry.

If you get a pet, it's your responsibility. Period. Your responsibility to remember this is the one chance they get at life, and you have basically made a contract with them, as far as I'm concerned, to provide them with the best damn chance they can have. That means feeding them good food, providing them with a source of water (whether a bowl or a bath), making sure they're warm and comfortable and are safe in their environment, whether that's the run of the house or the confined space of an aquarium or terrarium. It doesn't matter if it's a rare dog breed you just shelled out $1500 for, one of the above-mentioned "free to a good home" kittens, a hamster you bought at Petco, or a lizard you found for free on Craigslist. It is still a life, and it is still your responsibility. If you can't take care of it, find a new home - even if you have to surrender it to a shelter - long before it gets into a condition like the one that beardie is in! Of course, things happen. There are all sorts of situations where people have to give up their pets. But do that responsibly, too. I'll say again - their one chance at life. Remember that. Always.

/2 cents.

Edit: signed.

 

[RowenJade]

133 guys!!! Woot woot!

 

[Prouddragonmama]

133!!! Awesome