The Guzoo Disaster Part II

Apparently my last post touched a nerve with the self rightious animal welfare hypocrites.  According to some of these caring people I am just one step away from being another Stalin!  At least I think that is the gist of their comments since most of them are apparently functionally illiterate since they can't seem to put together a coherent sentence.  Some examples of the literary masterpieces I received are, "U R an ashole to suport Guzoo it is bad place for poor animels" and "I h8 U fag guzoo kills animals 4 fun".  Needless to say the rest of their messages were even more delightful and well written and I am sure they will be shocked to find that they are not getting posted on my blog.

What seemed to bother a great many of the animal welfare hypocrites is the fact that I laid the blame for the deaths of the Guzoo animals on their doorstep with equal blame going to the spineless Minister of Sustainable Resources, Mel Knight and the rest of the members of the present Alberta government.  They may be offended by this assessment, however, I stand by my original post.  The animal welfare hypocrites were the ones who pushed for this and Mel Knight, unlike his predecessor, Ted Morton, gave into them.  They gave no thought to anything beyond forcing the closure of Guzoo.  As I stated in my original post true animal rights activists ensure that they have homes for animals they rescue or liberate before they enter in any action.  Animal welfare hypocrites on the other hand go off on a tangent without any thought for the consequences of their actions.  In this case the consequence of their actions is the deaths of the animals at Guzoo.  While they would like to blame Lynn Gustafson, or me, or the supporters of Guzoo the reality is that the blame for the deaths of the animals at Guzoo can be placed directly at the feet of the Alberta Government, CAZA, Zoocheck and the assorted animal welfare hypocrites who pushed for the closure of Guzoo.  The blood of these animals is on their hands and no on elses.

The animal welfare hypocrites are also upset that Lynn will not cooperate or have anything to do with Zoocheck (who suddenly is so concerned about what happens to the animals at Guzoo) or CAZA.  Why would he have anything to do with either of these organizations who have slandered him and Guzoo at every opportunity.  Neither Zoocheck nor CAZA have any credibility in this or any other matter.  As I stated in my intial post CAZA is an industry group that offers accreditation to zoos who pay the assessed fees to achieve this accreditation.  A shining example of how effective their accreditation program is can be seen at the Calgary Zoo where animals are killed by incompetent and negligent staff at a rate that far exceeds any other zoo.  As for Zoocheck one of the members of one of their "expert" panels that visited Guzoo and slammed absolutely everything about it was David Leeb who is the head of Edmonton Animal Services (also known as the "pound").  Mr. Leeb presides over a department that, unlike every other animal services department in North America refuses to allow adoptions from its facility and gleefully kill thousands of animals each year.  Mr. Leeb and his staff will claim that they send adoptable animals over to the Edmonton Humane Society but the reality is that this does not happen in a great many cases.  Perhaps now that they are in the same facility as the EHS fewer animals will be killed but I doubt it.  Several years ago I made the mistake of turning a stray cat over to Edmonton Animal Services and advised that I would provide it with a home if it's owners did not come forward.  After a few days a message was left on my answering machine saying that the owners had not come forward and left a number to call if I was still wanting to provide a home for the cat.  The message was left midafternoon and when I called them the next morning at approximately 11:00 AM I was told that they had killed the cat that morning.  Anyone who is in charge of a department that does this is qualified to assess another facility?!  Give me a break.  Mr. Leeb is also the same person who when I inquired why Edmonton Animal Services, unlike every other animal shelter, refused to utilize volunteers claimed that volunteers were too expensive.  The last time I checked volunteers provide their services for free.  This is the caliber of "experts" that Zoocheck relies on.

No amount of righteous indignation on the part of the animal welfare hypocrites changes the fact that they are responsible for the deaths of the animals at Guzoo.  The blood is on their hands and they must take responsibility for this