Your
Community needs you to help animals!
Here
is how...
How
Do You Address Human/Wildlife Conflicts?
People
for Animal Rights is working hard to educate area
communities
about how to humanely resolve human/wildlife conflicts
and co-exist
with wildlife.
Removing
the wildlife through relocation or killing never
offers a long-term
solution because other animals move in to fill the
void, or
reproductive rates increase, in response to the
attractive food
supply/habitat. So, the habitat must be modified or
made less
attractive. Depending on the animal involved, that
means: use
of fencing, vegetation, repellents, scare devices,
harassment
with dogs, removal of nests, etc.
To
learn more about a long-term non-lethal approach so
that you
can help your community, check out the Humane Society
of the
United State's Wild Neighbor book or their website,
http://www.hsus.org/ - www.hsus.org
Other
helpful websites are:
http://fund.org/home - Fund
For Animals
http://www.api4animals.org/ - Animal
Protection Institute
For
Geese issues, check out:
http://www.icu.com/geese/coalition.html - Coalition
to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese
http://www.geesepeace.com/ - GeesePeace
How
Do You Respond To Animal Neglect/Cruelty?
You
can help stop animal neglect or cruelty in your
neighborhood
by taking the following steps:
If
neglect is involved:
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Use
a neighborly approach - offer assistance (dog
house) as
a group of neighbors. If offer of assistance
doesn't help,
explain that conditions are unacceptable for your
community
and that if things are not changed you all will
have to
report violations to animal control. Be friendly,
but firm. |
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Call
animal control about any violation of ordinance
(lack of
proper water, food and shelter, etc.) They need
the address
and description of neglect. If there is evidence
of food
or water, even if you are the one
feeding/watering, animal
control cannot write up a citation on that. Follow
up with
animal control to see what they did. (NOTE: If
there is
no animal control, local law enforcement is
charged with
enforcing the State cruelty laws.) |
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If
things are happening that animal control cannot
see(like
a dog being on a chain all day/night), witnesses
should
submit documentation in writing to animal control.
Include
dates/times of occurrences. Sign it. Keep a copy. |
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Call
every day there is a violation. |
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If
you don't believe animal control is being
responsive, call
your city councilperson for assistance. |
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If
still not getting assistance, contact PAR for
help. It would
be helpful to receive a copy of documentation and
who you
have contacted (name/#). |
If
you witness abuse (animal being beaten,etc.):
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Call
animal control or police, immediately. |
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If
they do not see the abuse, complete a statement of
what
you witnessed. Sign and date. |
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Follow
up in about a week to get a copy of your
statement. Check
for accuracy. Ask when the information is being
turned over
to the Prosecutor. |
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If
you believe the Prosecutor is not going after
animal cruelty,
contact PAR for further assistance. Sending us
information
of what has been done to date is very necessary. |
How
Can You Help Curb The Feral Cat Population In Your
Community?
Do
you have a number of feral (wild) cats in your
neighborhood
that keep on having kittens? If you would like to do
the best
thing to help curb the population and help the cat
colony, use
the trap (humane)/neuter/return approach advocated by
Alley
Cat Allies (http://www.alleycat.org/ - www.alleycat.org).
This approach is effective at controlling the
population of
feral cats in a given area. It is important to be
knowledgeable
of local ordinances.