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Panel suggests adding Animal Cruelty to UCMJ
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Rue the day when a Cat gets sentenced to Hard Labour at Leavenworth for clawing a pregnant soldier in Garrison Housing.
The Law must be seen as being equal to all.
The Law must be seen as being equal to all.
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If you read the article, I think this was prompted more by soldiers who kill or abandon their pets when leaving a posting, particularly foreign postings. I read this the other day and wondered why they're not charged on the civilian side. I'm guessing it's too hard to find them after they are posted out.
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A sign of the times. We had pets, and on every move, our pets came with us. Seems that many today have not been raised to be "responsible". A pet requires a great amount of responsibility. Many should not/never have pets. I would love to have a dog, but with the amount of regulations being passed by the different levels of government, I don't want to have one. I don't believe a dog should be tied up and keep on a leash. I don't want to follow a pet around with a pooper scooper or plastic bag. If I lived in the country; sure I would have a dog, and let it run free. Not in the city/urban area. Too many regulations and hazards (ie. traffic) to keep a pet.
A pet requires a responsible owner. A pet becomes a "member of the family".
These irresponsible pet owners are causing Government to micromanage our lives even more.
A pet requires a responsible owner. A pet becomes a "member of the family".
These irresponsible pet owners are causing Government to micromanage our lives even more.
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Is finding a good temporary home for pets a problem for CF members being deployed? Is there a "system"?
I remember an episode on "King of the Hill" when Bill and Hank each hosted a dog and cat while their owners were on military operations.
I remember an episode on "King of the Hill" when Bill and Hank each hosted a dog and cat while their owners were on military operations.
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mariomike said:
This is why I don't want to have a pet. Temporary homes can be found for pets, but they may be expensive.
A pet needs a lot of attention. Unless you have a family and someone home most of the time, don't have a pet. Single CF members, or working couples with no children, shouldn't have pets in an urban area. Leaving a pet confined in a home alone is cruel. Modern living and work conditions have us fairly transient in our work, which causes long period where one is not around to care for their pet. To me that is the main reason not to have a pet. If you can't be there, then don't have a pet.
I know several CF members who have pets and leave them unattended in their homes or apartments. I don't agree with that. Your job and deployments will keep you away from your pet, and you'll have to find a place to leave them. Are they really your pet after all, or someone else's?
Get a Teddy Bear instead. No need to feed, clean, discipline, walk, or whatever. You can hug it all you want, and it doesn't complain or talk back. ;D
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PMedMoe said:
Sadly, methinks way too many laws/rules/regulations/protocols are developed on this basis....
I don't know US mil law too well - can't troops just be charged under an umbrella sort of provision like the old "conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline" terms up here?
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milnews.ca said:
That is mentioned in the article. What they want (perhaps by PETA supporters within) is specific articles to be drawn up and inserted into their Uniform Code of Military Justice to deal with this.
I really wonder if such an article in any Code of Service Disciple is relevant to any military. It covers a matter outside of direct military interests, getting into the private lives of its members, and as such it would be a civil matter.
- In our CSD, the "Offences under other Canadian Law" article of the NDA would cover this for us.
- As for pets running loose, 'rural' areas encompass wildlands and agricultural areas. I know of farmers in southern Ontario keeping rifles in their vehicles solely to cull the wild dogs that run in packs and chase down deer to exhaustion. Once the farmers cull the dogs, they often find pet ID Tags/licenses on them.
- Our pets are only our pets as long as they act like pets. Once they turn feral - even temporarily - they run the risk of becoming a hazard and are often dispatched out of hand by farmers and hunters.
- Years back, a farmer's instructions to a few of us hunting woodchucks in his fields emphasized the fact that any dogs seen harassing livestock or game or found running in packs were to be considered "priority targets", and a failure to engage them may have resulted in us losing our hunting privileges on his land.
- As for pets running loose, 'rural' areas encompass wildlands and agricultural areas. I know of farmers in southern Ontario keeping rifles in their vehicles solely to cull the wild dogs that run in packs and chase down deer to exhaustion. Once the farmers cull the dogs, they often find pet ID Tags/licenses on them.
- Our pets are only our pets as long as they act like pets. Once they turn feral - even temporarily - they run the risk of becoming a hazard and are often dispatched out of hand by farmers and hunters.
- Years back, a farmer's instructions to a few of us hunting woodchucks in his fields emphasized the fact that any dogs seen harassing livestock or game or found running in packs were to be considered "priority targets", and a failure to engage them may have resulted in us losing our hunting privileges on his land.
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