[Publib] OT: Librarians to the Rescue

[Backwage at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/17/2009 6:22:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
kmcdonough at mvlc.org writes:

In  addition to being a  
librarian, I've been running a cairn terrier  rescue organization for  
the past 8+ years  (www.cairnrescueleague.com). 


Does that mean that you would be willing to rescue me from my own Cairn  
Terrier, who is trying to jump through the window screen to get at a  squirrel?
 
I've found that information about prospective pets is lacking; most  people 
seem to obtain an animal without knowing what this means in terms of  
practice.  I have a Westie also.  Both the Cairn and the Westie  require quite a 
bit of play and stimulation.  Fortunately I enjoy this sort  of thing, but 
if I did not (and many do not) these two would have been in a sad  situation. 
 This is how dogs end up at animal shelters.  
 
[Anecdotal remarks:  my two dogs have health insurance.  They  have gone to 
the vet many times over the past six years with various injuries  and 
maladies.  This could have cost me thousands of dollars.   Prospective owners 
need to know that the vet doesn't work for free, and that a  dog's life is an 
endless folly, an adventure of accidents, poisonings,  and other calamities.  
As in chocolate poisoning, foot injuries, swallowed  objects, insect 
stings, bites, lost teeth and infections.]
 
Perhaps if libraries could keep information about pet ownership, and  
particularly about ownership requirements of the different types of animals,  
this problem would diminish.  I have thought that children's librarians  could 
have dog and cat owners come in with their pets to give a talk, and later  
direct the kids and their parents to materials on the subject.  You see  
libraries invite some guy in to speak who brings a boa constrictor, two African  
parrots and an alligator--interesting, but hardly the sort of animals a kid 
is  likely to take home from the pet shop.
 
Also, I think libraries should provide information about obtaining shelter  
pets, and spaying/neutering of dogs and cats.  I've been fixed for years  
and it keeps me from trying to mate with guests and the odd wing chair.
 
Michael McGrorty
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