Community
Number of stray animals rising
By Lynne Ertle
Emerald Contributor
Ntrav ( .(Is .mil dogs .1 ri* .1
problem in Kugene because
they multiply, spread disease
and i an uusc tr.dtii ,n 1 idents
said Karen Church, senior am
mal welfare officer for Lane
County Animal Regulation An
thority.
Although no one knows e\
ai 11 \ how many Kugene strays
were once student -ow ned pets
animal control authorities and
local apartment managers agree
that students w I10 abandon pets
are part of this problem
In ldfi‘1. (ireenhill Humane
Society took in t>.T>4H tats and
dogs Adoptions numbered
1,1)1 a, another 1)"> were re
turned to their owners and
A.488 were euthani/.ed The
Animal Regulation Authority
tells a similar story , with 4.At I
animals received and I H-Pi
euthani/.ed during the I'tH'i lis
i at year
\\ hv do (ireenhill and AKA
get and eventually have to
kill so many animals:' t ail
ure to lii ense and spav or neu
ter pets are two reasons Melt
1 lav is. execut i v e d irei tor ot
l ireenhill. sees another
"People view pets as dispos
able commodities. Davis said
' If you get tired of it. you get
l irt of it
While I )n\ is is relui taut to
charm terize students as having
sui h behm ioi . he ad nutted
some of the seasonal increase
in pets taken to (ireenhill mav
he from students leaving tor the
summer
(llnm.h is not as reluctant to
plai e blame The l niversily
area is a continuing source ot
strays expet ntlh cats, she
said AKA gets many 1 .its from
the l tth Avenue and Patterson
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I hr number nl .ib.nuliineil .inim.ilv rs/H-i uill\ i .itv
tlr.imulii.illi iluriiu; lime .mil lulthe lime when
•.Indents le.ne Inr llie summer
rises
m.in i
Street .m',i .mil lots iit i .its
from .irutiml dorms in 1 um*
•Inil |ul\ . t Hum li s.iul
Shi' remembered one im i
limit ,i leu vi'itrs ago when .1 i .it
was loll at thr tlnims to triul 1m
itself during summer term l!
was hall s t a r V ml bef nri' a
groundskeeper took it to the
shelter
In reduce the problem
( Inm h urges students not to
get pi'ts the\ i an t take ( are ot
Pets require long term commit
inenl and it s "too hum h to ask
(students) to he responsible to
allot her I lie. she s 11 id
II a student feels the need to
have a pet, Davis suggests that
students part ii i pate in pet
nights at the dorm or volunteer
to plav u ith or lake rare ot the
auinulls at (.reenliiII
It a student alreadv has a [ret
and can't wire tor it over the
sununei abandonment isn't a
responsible solution "\o one
has lii abandon a pel I him ii
said You ovve il In that pat In
(mil it .1 responsible home or
lake it to tile shelter
I ihrirt h saui some people leel
that dumping then pet in the
i ountrs side or leaving it at the
erupts apartment is belter than
taking it In the shelter where it
might lie killed lint sin h .1 so
bitnm mav lie 1 me! to a domes
tn ed pel
It 111 si lakes a little longer
tin I hem to starve to deal h
(when abandoned). she said
It's enough to break Vout
heart to see a starved mother
1 .it trying to teed live k itteus
when she 1 an t feed heiselt
The lifestyle stray s lead is pret
l\ gruesome and terrify mg
'If you have one, bring il to
the shelter don't leave il In
tend leu ilselt ( diim h said
And m\l \ eai. be I ore gelling
anothei pet think about the
1 at you took to the shelter
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