Allegedly Walmart are poisoning feral cats
It is alleged that the employees of the American Fork Walmart are putting down food and water which is poisoned for the feral cat colony by the store. If true, the intention is obvious: to kill the cats. A lady involved with looking after the colony, Stacey Ann Olson, reported on May 11 to the Trap–Neuter–Return Community on Facebook, that she is finding “piles of bloody vomit”. In her opinion Walmart is trying to get rid of the cats. They want to do it by poisoning. Stacey does not refer to the fact that if she is correct then this is a crime.
It is important, in my opinion, to report this sort of matter to the local police because big corporations cannot be allowed to engage in animal cruelty with impunity. It is casual cat cruelty; the sort that gets brushed under the carpet which perpetuates it.
Help?
Stacey was looking for help to get the cats out of the area in order to protect them. She even provided her telephone number which I think is brave. You can telephone her if you can help in the following number: 801-830-6714. A colleague of hers, Theresa, can also be contacted at 801-310-2613.
Stacey’s posted her request for help on May 11 so she may have succeeded by now. I would doubt it though. This sort of corporate cruelty towards feral cats is not uncommon. It is a quiet war between TNR volunteers concerned with animal welfare and corporate America concerned with making money from profitable businesses. These companies think that feral cats spoil their businesses and therefore want to get rid of them. It’s understandable but their behavior is inexcusable. The best solution is a compromise which would be to allow volunteers to continue to take care of the cats but to ensure that they absolutely minimize any impact upon the business.
In my experience, shoppers normally do not mind the presence of cats. In many instances they actively enjoy their presence.
Utah. Need we say more. I lived in that town Micheal and nothing could drag me back there kicking and screaming.
Personally I’m for putting something in the food and water of people who dump their pets , but hey that’s just me thinking about a perfect world where there was real justice.
This was THE most despicable place for animal rights surpassing even rural new mexico.
It was a shitty place to live and I have one family there that I hold dear to my heart. True animal lovers. I’m very familiar with this wally btw because I boarded my horses right behind it before and after it was built. They were crappy neighbors from day one.
Interesting ME. You have a ‘feel’ for the general culture of the US states which I don’t. You say that Utah is lacking in….morals? 😉 Lack of concern for animal welfare? Can you label states by their standard in animal welfare? It seems you can. I remember a chart I did on animal abuse per state.
I don’t think you can go by states but more by counties and some states have many. Animal control standards can vary widely between counties.