Thank You Stray Rescue
Stray Rescue Welcomed Animals From St. Louis’ Shelter on July 19, 2010. At the time the front of the new facility was unfinished raw space.
Since that first day when the dogs were transferred to the kennels in the new facility the front has been completed.
Thank you to Randy Grim, the staff, and volunteers behind Stray Rescue for the last 15 years!
— Steve Patterson
Amazing that it’s been 15 years. Extrememly sad that his services are needed….in any city. Thank you Randy for those that can’t say thank you, but just wag their tails.
I’m a huge pet/animal lover, grew up rural with animals of all kinds, but I just want to play devils advocate here for a minute.
I can acknowledge that saving the lives of these animals can be important, particularly if this discourages those damn “mills.” It also proves us humans aren’t all bad and gives most of us a warm gooey feeling inside. Really, tip of the hat to all involved.
But I wonder if it just wouldn’t be better to euthanize all strays immediately? Dump all the money saved into crumbling American institutions like social services and infrastructure. How much $$$$ would that total nationally? I have no idea. Does the city/state even spend much public money on the “shelter” aspect of animal control these days? Again, I don’t know. Would Checkered Square have written that check for another worthwhile charitable cause? Maybe?
If I assume killing all the puppies (humanely) as soon as you pick them up feeds a few dozen hungry mouths for a year, or replaces the Kingshighway Viaduct before it falls down, perhaps I’m okay with that.
Man isn’t the only one on this planet, though some think that we rule and all beast should be subjegated to our whims. How we treat those that can’t protect themselves (2 or 4 legged) says a lot about us.
Well, considering that corporations are hoarding cash to the tune of approximately 2 TrillionUSD, I would say there is more than enough money to go around the world. This of course doesn’t take into account the personal wealth of individuals.
http://www.euromoney.com/Article/3182751/Category/15796/ChannelPage/203876/Osborne-faces-post-Asia-crisis-angst-amid-corporate-cash-hoarding.html
http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/02/news/economy/corporate_cash_hoarding.fortune/index.htm
http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2012-10/24863629-afp-corporate-cash-indicators-show-corporate-cash-hoarding-picks-up-in-3q12-008.htm
http://www.economywatch.com/economy-business-and-finance-news/paradox-of-thrift-hoarding-cash-in-corporate-america/01-09.html
Oh yeah, there is plenty of money, that isn’t the problem, it is the thieves who legally steal it by law and then steal even more by law. Not many of the thieves actually work, although they count hanging around the office to steal more money work.
For instance political donations are bribes. Everyone, especially the major media go around pretending donations don’t influence the ones receiving the bribes. (wink, wink, everyone wink at once, lets all pretend donations are legitimate activities. Maybe, just maybe if the donor was unknown would that be true)
Never mind. I agree that there is plenty of money to do whatever in the hell we need to do in society. The money isn’t the problem. I hate to call people thieves, although it reminds of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables stealing a loaf of bread and the discussion of what is just and what is right.
The money, prosperity and wealth of society is hoarded by a few. The real problem is the gains in wealth are not capitalism. There is no innovation, money is acquired through manipulation of resources and not production. Those resources include the purchase of politicians, pretty well they are on sale like peaches on the shelf in a grocery store.
^^^All true.
Oh, and it gets better: http://www.icij.org/offshore/secret-files-expose-offshores-global-impact
Oh, and it’s great that Stray Rescue finally has staff, and a real home, and a budget, with money to go along with it. Much easier to contact these days, too. Used to be hit and miss.