Letters to the Editor
Kejojo
Published Letters: 4
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It really does have a lot to do with the Vet...
[Read the article: What I wouldn't do for my cat]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I worked at an animal clinic for five years. I got my first dog a couple years after working there. I paid practically nothing because I worked for the clinic. Everything was "at cost" meaning that I paid the same price for drugs that the clinic paid. Services didn't cost hardly anything.
When I graduated from college and got a full-time job, I quit the animal clinic job. Then I took in my dog for a routine check-up. I knew what I was in for because I had seen people's bills, but I thought they would still give me some break. I paid about $250 for shots.
I decided to find a different clinic. I have a few friends who worked at the clinic with me who also moved on. We try to help each other find good, cheap vets. We finally found one too! My vet is great, gives me lots of freebies, and loves my dogs. I think that if vet bills are too high, people can look for other vets. There is a big variation in cost when it comes to animal care.
One thing the humane society does is advertises not rescuing pets if you don't have the money. Pet care does cost money, and to avoid abandoned pets and economically-euthanized pets, don't adopt an animal until you can financially.
Most vets, even with high prices, can work something out with the owner. From my experience working at the clinic, we never frowned on people who couldn't afford to keep their animal alive a little longer. In fact, we tried to help people see their animal was suffering and encourage them to do what was best for the animal (not themselves). And that usually meant euthanasia. Coincidently, I ended up working in the hospice field.
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Bashing who?
[Read the article: Ralph Nader loves John McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just went to RalphNader.org and voteNader.org and I saw a lot about Bush and conservatives, but not much Democrat bashing...
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More on declawing...
[Read the article: The cat whisperer]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]If you do choose to declaw, less painful surgeries are good, but you MUST know that your cat will never go outside. Choosing to declaw means choosing to have an indoor-only cat (forever).
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@Elydog
[Read the article: Is Briana Waters a terrorist?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't know if it is so much the "State in the hands of the right". I think that civil libertarians can lean right, if right means less federal government control. Its more like the State in the hands of the neocons...