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POPSSo much for cutting PORK - $2.3 million for the U.S. Forest Service to rear large numbers of arthropods, including the Asian longhorned beetle, the nun moth and the woolly adelgid. - $3.4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla. - $1.15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla. - $9.38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades. - $2.5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased. - $6 million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn. - $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill. - $20,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota. - $380,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan. - $300 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money. - $1.5 million f
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POPSAfter flurry of stimulus spending, questionable projects pile up
- $3.4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla. - $1.15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla. - $9.38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades. - $2.5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased. - $6 million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn. - $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill. - $20,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota. - $380,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan. - $300 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money. - $1.5 million for a fence to block would-be jumpers from leaping off the All-American Bridge in Akron, Ohio. - $1 million to study the health effects of environmentally fr
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POPSRoman Cat Sanctuary Whether the cats rule themselves via Republic or recognize a cat Emperor is, as of yet, undetermined. More on Torre Argentina here.
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POPSOne More Try - SB 250 CA Spaying & Neutering (Florez) Is this bill different than Mancuso's AB 1634 "CA Healthy Pets Act?" Currently SB 250 requires an "owner or custodian" to provide a certificate of sterility, unless written confirmation is obtained from a licensed veterinarian that serious bodily harm, or death would result from spaying, or neutering the animal. California animal owners are wary of a change in the legal status of animals as a result of the use of a term other than owner. Custodian does not have a legal definition and is not legally equivalent to the term guardian. Still, the use of the word custodian will cause reticence for some to support SB 250. I currently hold a watch position for this bill.
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POPSCan Anyone Parent? Should They? 
I am very active in my local Community with the "Spay and Neuter" program. Unfortunately, human parents do not practice this. I have a young friend who is 17, a Senior in HS, and she just proudly announced that she is pregnant. It makes me sick to think of how this bright young person just threw away her life - and worse, is bringing a new human person into this world - for no real reason. She said, "We just went out and bought all the 'stuff'' for the baby". I told her it's not like going to Pet Smart! Her family is wrapping her in this false bubble of happiness that I just do not subscribe to! What part of "they sell condoms at WalMart" do these people NOT understand??? There is simply no excuse anymore for "accidental pregnancies". When I was young birth control was NOT something you could run out and get at the drug store. There was no "only once every 3 months shot" you could get to prevent "stray humans". As for the young men - you are just nasty and foolish- use condoms
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POPSpeoples ignorance yes this makes me so mad too! all these dogs die because people can't be bothered to get their pet spayed!
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POPSSpaying and neutering myths This site should not be used as a substitute for medical advice,. I've copied a disclaimer into comments that I should have included originally.I've clipped the Myths, the explanations are on the page
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POPSThe fix for pet overpopulation The problem with pet overpopulation does not exist only with dogs and cats. Small animals and farm animals are often killed immediately because housing is not available at shelters. The phrase, "Do Not Breed or Buy While Shelter Pets Die" makes sense when so many millions are discarded. Many of these are purebred animals that few expect to see on "death row."
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POPSCalif. Bill would require neutering of pets I had to think long & hard on this one. it would eliminate puppy mills. it would give shelter pets a better shot at adoption. I have seen many people breed a cat or dog so their kids can "see birth" -- then the offspring are abandoned. So I guess I would support this action for now.
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