Covington Ban - Please Help!

• Demanding that animals be "disposed of" can create more problems than it fixes:
  • If "disposed of" outside, a domesticated animal has little to no chance of survival.
  • Climate permitting, a domesticated non-native species can prosper and cause great damage to existing flora and wildlife (Quaker Parrots, for example, have caused extensive crop damage in KY).
  • It puts undue stress on the organizations involved with reducing the feral population. With an excess of slow rodents running around, for example, the cat population will boom. With the lack of wolves to curb the cat population, you have a "problem."
  • Shelters are incapable of handling such a mass-influx of animals. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, there are 20,448 homes in the City of Covington. In 2000 there were 43,370 residents in the City of Covington, 11,219 of whom are under the age of 18. Given the likelihood of children to possess small pocket pets (hamsters, gerbils, mice, rats) I'll estimate that 1 in 20 homes is currently caring for a "banned" animal. That's over 1,000 pets that need to be disposed of and that affects 2,167 people.
  • Shelters do not attempt to rehome animals that considered illegal in their jurisdiction. That means over 1,000 small pocket pets, if surrendered to the Kenton County Animal Shelter, will be needlessly euthanized.
  • The Kenton County Animal Shelter is overwhelmed. On June 26, there were two employees at the location.

Obviously those aren't all of the "facts." (If you can think of something that should be added, please use the Contact link to the left to let me know!) But they are some ideas to help get you started.

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