Still Poisoning Stray Animals

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Tuesday, February 08, 2005 1:52 AM

Alexandra Yurkiw

Poisoning of animals

 

Croatia, a country whose government does not implement a

sterilization (spay neuter) program. Furthermore, according

to Croatian law, any cat or dog found more than 300 meters outside of city

limits is considered a stray and can be killed with no legal consequences.

Poisoning of stray animals is a common practice in this land where tourism is a

big industry.

 

 

 

I live in a

peaceful street of family houses. Almost an idle, many would say. Until one day

when one of the neighbors decided to mix meat with rat poison and feed our pets

with it. At the moment, one cat (that has probably been dying in agony for a

very long time) is dead, one stray cat is at the veterinarian's where they are

trying to save him and a couple of animals haven't returned home.

 

 

 

Do we really live among people who are capable of

such an act? And why? Probably because of a couple of paw prints on their cars.

It is much easier to poison everything that's in their way than to wipe off a

small paw print.

 

The cat that's on treatment probably won't

survive the therapy because, when I found him, he was sitting in the snow in a

puddle of blood that was running through his nose, for days I suppose. If he

survives, he is doomed to mercy of the same good neighbors who poisoned him.

And as far as the vet's bill is concerned, I will pay for it, because in this

country you can either turn your head away or pay out of your own pocket. And I

m not one of those who will turn the head away, no matter how expensive the

costs are.

This is not happening in Dubrovnik so it will probably not be of much

interest to anyone. Ivanja Reka is just a village near Zagreb and not a tourist destination. But that

doesn't mean that the people are not just as mean and that they don't think

that they might have killed some child's best friend. On the worst, most

painful, most cruel way. These animals are dying for days, in horrible pain.

Dear neighbors of Ivan

Anèiæ Street in Ivanja Reka, be humans and not worse

animals than those you kill in such horrific manners!

 

In the enclosure I am sending you a picture, and it's

up to you to decide whether the theme is interesting enough.

 

Yours faithfully

 

I.M.

 

 

PS. In the meantime I received a phone call from

the vet, informing me that the second cat had died. Bleeding from all bodily

openings. I don't even want to imagine the misery it was in. We found the

owner, unfortunately only to tell him the sad news. The cat we named Bo¾o has

been someone's pet for years and did not deserve such an end. We called the

police; they came in 15 minutes, but what they can do, only they know. More

than anything, I'd like for the culprit to be found, so I could tell him in

person how I feel about people like him!

 

 

 

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