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Animal Rights Movements in Poland [56]
You tend to find that animal rights are strongest in countries that are capitalist , and have a strong economy...in poorer countries , where human rights are still being fought for , the poor animals don,t get much consideration....
In Poland i believe there are organisations that look after animals rights , but its not as well organised as in the UK for example... I read recently that somebody who was slaughtering dogs in the south of Poland to make fat for health products was not going to be prosecuted as he had not broken any laws , so maybe a way to go yet on animals rights here....
I know that out in the countryside where i live , animals are considered in the same way as a tractor , you take care of it because its needed to do a job on the farm , cats are not pets so much , as something to keep down the mice and rats , they have to earn their living.....
I currently have ten cats on my farm , they do a great job of keeping the mice and rats away , but they are also much loved pets , and i have a dog also which i rescued after somebody dumped it out of a car near my farm....It was covered in fleas , and had a wound , probably caused by barbed wire on his back...I suspect he had been dumped because people around here don,t really have money for vets bills...He is now fit and healthy....
When i first bought this farm there were two small yappy dogs here , which i later found out were going to be included with the farm.... I told my Polish girlfriend i didn,t really want the dogs , i prefered to get my own , but she told me that if i did not accept them the farmer would probably shoot them , so i took them , and later found a good home for them......
Poland does have laws to protect animals , and there is no doubt that many Poles love their animals dearly , there seem to be plenty of vets around , so this suggests people care enough to look after their pets , but i am certain the pets don,t have as many laws to protect them as in UK.... Saying that , Yorkshire in the UK , where i come from has a terrible record on animal abuse...perhaps the Poles don,t need so many laws because they treat their animals better......????
