Abuse doesn't have to be obvious!

Please forgive the 1am blog but if I don't talk about this I will never sleep! The petition to stop abusing Coffee has stirred up a bit of controversy. This dog is dressed up in a METS or YANKEE'S jersey, glasses and big plastic nose and a pipe in her mouth. To the naked eye she appears healthy. On the Stop Abusing Coffee FB site there have been a few people that think we are all a bit out of line for trying to stop this.

I am not angry at these people. It just gives us a better idea of how far we still have to go to educate people of the abuse of animals. I have been using the example of Elephants in the circus. When you go there with the family (I DO NOT) you see the Lions, Tigers, Monkey's and Elephants all performing very exciting tricks. Now fast forward to the end of the evening and the family has left and now the animals are prodded and hooked back to their itty bitty cages. If there is additional training the next day they will train them using bull hooks, ropes and whips. Now again you are the person that has no clue about the abuse but can see an amazing animal that is "trained". I know Coffee is probably not beat and prodded but we do not know the training methods used. She also has a nice tip jar that says she doesn't like Cheap people! Animals are not for entertainment!

Thanks to @ALDFAnimalLaw a wonderful Tiger named Tony the Tiger will soon be free. Free from what you ask? Well Tony is at a rest stop for people to be entertained. Thanks to them and help from others Tony's owners will not be able to renew their license after December.

How are they related? Each of them are meant to perform in one way or the other. Tony in a small cage gives people the feeling that they are close to a wild animal and Coffee gets to wear a stupid disguise and take pictures with people. Neither of these cases are ones that are "obvious". They haven't been starved or thrown into a lake with alligators to die. Education is what is lacking as far as what animal abuse or cruelty actually is. Tethering is abuse, Leaving your dog untreated for flea's is abuse, SPAYING AND NEUTERING your dog is a must. If you choose to not do that it is also abuse. We have along way to go for people to understand that animal abuse is very much like an onion. Onion's have many layers as does animal abuse.

I know for me personally I fight for all animal abuse. I do not just fight for cat's and dog's so my plate stays pretty full. I have spoken at colleges and other venue's all at my own expense. I will never ask anyone for money for me personally. If donations are ever asked for they will go directly to the shelter or rescue caring for that animal.

Our goal on twitter for 1 million followers against animal abuse and for tougher laws is just that. No angle or personal gain. My goal is to establish that there are at least 1 million people across the globe that care enough to make that change. Please follow us on twitter at @patricksmovment If you do not tweet please visit us at Patrick's Movement Maryland and www.patricksmovementmd.com I continue to help all across the country to ALL animals in need. The petition for Coffee is listed below. If you haven't signed and shared please do.. xoxo

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/15/stop-abusing-coffee-the-dog-meant-to-sit-with-a-pipe/