I feel sick to my stomach

Anne....you should also post this on the Petfinder message board:

http://www.petfinder.com/messageboard/viewforum.php?f=1

Katie

Anne? Can post the link to the article in Hebrew that mentioned that the Home Minister (?) is pro TNR? That'd be very helpful to Gary & I. Thanks. (Signed the petition, but want to do more).

I signed the petition. I feel so bad for these cats!!! I am sending up prayers!!!!!!!

Laurie - that article was published in "Yediot Aharonot" on 11-2-03. They don't have a web version. Gary may want to have a look at the Hebrew version of the CWSI site - there's a new section there: www.cats.org.il

Katie - I will do that - thank you!

Anne, I emailed the link to several people. I could post it on some German forums, but am unsure how the Israeli government would react to a bunch of signatures from Germany. What do you think?

I think posting it all over the world is important. Signatures from Germany are just as good in my book (realizing the sensitivity involved, but maybe that would make them think a little more about it).

I'm starting a chain email about the subject. Anyone who wants a copy please email me at [email protected] and put "cat poisoning email" as the subject line. I'll email you back with the email that you can then forward on the internet. Posting it on any forums all over the world would be much appreciated.

I just learned that another mass poisoning is planned for tomorrow near the town of Netanya - God help those poor kitties! There will be volunteers there trying to get the poison away so no animals touch it. But I suspect the authorities will call in the police and once the activitists are arrested, the poisoning will take place

I signed the petition. I could not look at the video.

I posted the link at several message boards that I visit. I hope we get a real uprising over this. It is just so heartbreaking.

I also signed the petition but could not watch the video. I get very emotional when it comes to animals being abused and hurt.

I signed the petition. I feel so sick and just cant understand the cruelty that goes on in this world.

I signed the petition as well as sent emails to the various links to mayors that is on the website (although one didn't go through, unfortunately).

Thanks so much for helping everyone!

We're still not out of the woods, but the public pressure sure helped! The minister of interior had intervened and so far there were no new poisonings. The matter is still up though. Local authorities' vets can still decide to exterminate cats by poison so far I think there were no new cases of rabies, so hopefully things will settle down. As soon as they find the next case, it'll probably start all over again. So, the campaign continues to ban the poisonings altogether. You can read more news at the CWSI website -
www.cats.org.il

Thanks again for all your help!

That was the most horrible thing i have ever seen! What can we do to stop this awful act? I feel that we shoul dhelp, but how?

There's a list of things you can do here:
http://www.cats.org.il/eng/email_poisonings.html

Thank you for your help!

I signed the petition, but could not watch the video. The picture of that poor cat was heart breaking enough. When I see things like this done by humans, it makes me almost hate people. The only true loving human beings are the people who love and care for animals. I only trust people that love all Gods creatures. If you have a heart for animals, you will also treat people with love. May God bless that poor cat and all the others who have suffered in the hands of cruel people.

Anne,

Do you mean the vets over there will use THAT SAME POISON to exterminate the cats later on if needed??

If they INSIST on putting cats to sleep, why don't they use the painless and QUICK medience instead of that painful poison??? (I don't know the name of the medience but I know vets here uses it to put cats to sleep painlessly and quickly when the cats are too sick or need to be pts..)

HOPE my question is not too blunt or dumb? If it is, pls pardon me..

What they did is they put the poison out on the streets for the feral cats (and some pet cats and dogs who were outside) to find and eat. They didn't trap the cats so they didn't "put them to sleep". They simply poisoned them with a pesticide In most instances there wasn't a vet attending, only animal control people who can't inject anything to the cats anyway. The animal welfare people over here are arguing that this whole procedure was illegal as at the very least, once the animals collapsed they should have been brought to a veterinary clinic and put to sleep humanely. Of course the animal welfare people also insist that killing the cats was unecessary in the first place.

They also poisoned them with something that there is no antidote for. It is a horrible way to die.

Anne, thanks so much for the updates. I'm still so sick over this whole thing. I can't imagine what you and others who care are going through over there. It's just revolting.