MANY OF US WENT TO ALASKA TO CHANGE THE LAWS AND TO GO UP AGAINST WHO EVER WE NEEDED TO. WHILE ON THE PLANE THERE WAS A MAN SITTING IN THE ROW RIGHT ACROSS FROM ME.HE SEEMED NICE WE TALKED ABOUT WHY WE WERE MAKING THIS TRIP AND HE TOLD ME HE WAS BORED NEED SOMETHING TO DO AND TO EARN SOME MONEY AND THAT HE WAS HIRED BECAUSE HE COULD FLY A PLANE.MY HEART STOPPED AND I LOOKED AT HIM WITH TEARS,WHILE VERY ANGRY.TO GET TO THE POINT WHEN WE WERE ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM LANDING AND I DID NOT GIVE UP TELLING HIM WHAT I THOUGHT OF HIM BECAUSE NOT ONLY DID HE NOT CARE BUT IT MEANT NOTHING TO HIM.AS WE GOT OFF THE PLANE I POINTED OUT TO MY FRIENDS WHO HE WAS.WE WENT TO WAIT FOR TWO OTHER BIOLOGIST FRIENDS AND 20 MINUTES LATER HERE COME STEVE THE MAN THAT WAS HERE BECAUSE HE WAS BORED.HE TOLD US HE WAS ON OUR SIDE AND WOULD HELP ANYWAY HE COULD.AND HE WAS A HELLAVA SIDE KICK AT THAT.WE BECAME GOOD FRIENDS AND WHEN EVER WE NEEED HELP HE WAS THERE.
I HAVE WORKED FOR THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS SINCE I WAS 17. TO ALL THOSE THAT THINK IT'S CUTE TO HAVE YOUR PET HAVE LITTERSOF PUPS OR KITTENS,WHAT YOU NEED IS THE GRAND TOUR OF THE SHELTER OR TO WATch US HAVE TO PUT THEM DOWN BECAUSE THE OWNERS THOUGHT IT WAS CUTE OR THEY WERE JUST LAZY .AND FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WANT A PET BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY YOUR BILLS BUT YOU GET ONE ANYWAY AND WHEN IT GETS SICK YOU JUST LET IT DIE OR LET IT GO. PLEASE DON'T GET A PET IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR THE REST OF IT'S LIFE.IT'S CRUEL!!! ONE MORE THING FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE CATS TO BRING TO THE VET(use a carrier) DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY CATS GET AWAY FROM THEIR ARMS COMING INTO THE HOSPITAL AND EITHER GET EATEN BY AN AGGRESSIVE DOG OR WE ARE BITEN PRETTY BAD BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID AS WE TRY TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE DOGS COMING IN OR GOING OUT THE DOOR? SO PLEASE FOR SAKE OF YOUR CAT YOU SAY YOU LOVE PROTECT IT BY GETTING A CARRIER .I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF HEARING (OH MY CAT DON'T DO CARRIERS) WELL THEN SIGH HERE WHERE IT SAYS IF YOUR CAT RUNS AWAY IT IS NOT OUR FAULT.AND SIGH HERE IF YOUR CAT BITES US BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE A CARRIER TO FEEL SAFE, YOU WILL PAY THE MEDICAL BILLS. WE ARE HERE TO CARE FOR AND PROTECT YOUR ANIMALS.
I have been to Alaska to challege the laws face to face with the Governor a few years back.I have been working on this cause since I was 18... that's a long time.I am Swedish,Cherokee,French,and Italian