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Rescue dogs shot dead by NSW council due to Covid-19 restrictions

43 points by nanis 5y ago

h2odragon 5y ago
> Bourke Shire Council, in the state’s north-west, killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at a Cobar-based animal shelter from travelling to pick up the animals last week, according to council’s watchdog, the Office of Local Government. ooo career ending move there. I'm amused, myself, how little coverage the zoonotic transmission of COVID gets. It's not even "misinformation", its just not discussed much. Perhaps they're saving it for a serious conflict later. "They're coming to kill Fluffy" might get people to take up arms.
- Lochleg 5y ago
  Big pharma must not be that big if they dropped the ball on vaccines or antivirals for domesticated animals. It's a shame that no one has been able to brag about getting Fluffy the jab.
  - nradov 5y ago
    US zoos have been vaccinating some mammals https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bears-baboons-tigers-are-getting-covid-vaccines-at-zoos-across-the-us https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bears-bab...
  - h2odragon 5y ago
    "US zoos giving special animal coronavirus vaccine to tigers, bears and gorillas" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/us/zoo-animal-covid-vaccine-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/us/zoo-animal-covid-vaccine-t... https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-06/big-cats-bears-gorillas-covid-vaccine-oakland-zoo https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-06/big-cats... Speaks of a company "Zoetis" and says "Confirmed coronavirus cases have been found in gorillas, tigers and lions at zoos, and in domestic cats and dogs."
    - Lochleg 5y ago
      I was aware of the limited availability of a vaccine like the one from Russia, but it will be interesting to see if any get marketed widely. The virus in minks was a major concern and the population had to be culled, but I imagine they will only be routinely vaccinated if it's cost effective. Similarly, the equation is odd for house pets. They shouldn't need to be vaccinated if they are kept inside permanently, but some people wouldn't mind paying for peace of mind. Other pet owners would never bother.
- AndrewBissell 5y ago
  > I'm amused, myself, how little coverage the zoonotic transmission of COVID gets They don't discuss this because it would make it clear that "the whole world gets vaccinated and Covid goes away" is a pipe dream.
Razengan 5y ago
What the fuck..
JumpCrisscross 5y ago
“The Office of Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, who has previously faced questions in Parliament over the shooting of animals in council pounds, did not comment.”
99mans 5y ago
Won't be long until they decide to implement this on un-vaccinated humans. All this over a mild flu, too.
grawprog 5y ago
>Bourke Shire Council, in the state’s north-west, killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at a Cobar-based animal shelter from travelling to pick up the animals last week, >A source who is familiar with the arrangement said the shelter volunteers are distressed and had COVID-safe measures in place to handle the dogs, one of which was a new mother. >According to NSW Health, there have been no recent locally acquired COVID-19 cases in Cobar, So, it was too dangerous to travel in an area with no covid cases and bring dogs to a shelter with full covid protocols and the only alternative was to shoot the dogs? This is just getting excessive, there's being safe and then there's I don't even know what you call that. There definitely had to be a better way to deal with that situation. >The Office of Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, who has previously faced questions in Parliament over the shooting of animals in council pounds, Although, sounds like the council has had issues with shooting animals in pounds before.
DiabloD3 5y ago
Remember: Violent extremist nutjobs are in governments everywhere, at all levels, not just here in the US, not just at Federal and State level. This story proves that they're in every government, at every level of government, spewing their fear, uncertainty, and doubt, doing whatever it takes to further victimize people being harmed by the absolutely botched handling of the pandemic. This story is just an unusually depressing example among already depressing examples.
- readthenotes1 5y ago
  "proves" --that word doesn't mean what you think it means.
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FooBarBizBazz 5y ago
The same method reliably prevents COVID transmission in humans.
pixxel 5y ago
> The Office of Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, who has previously faced questions in Parliament over the shooting of animals in council pounds, did not comment Quite the fetish she has.
cudgy 5y ago
Australia exhibits a very high level of paranoia with extreme measures to prevent covid transmissions. You cannot even travel to some provinces without a 2 week quarantine and multiple required tests (e.g. Western Australia). All of these reactions to relatively low existence of covid transmission. How long does this go on till people realize that Covid is going to be part of our lives for the foreseeable future and locking oneself up in isolation and executing innocent animals is not a long-term solution.
stmfreak 5y ago
Locking people in their homes with military enforcement… Internet shrugs. Killing dogs to prevent human travel… internet: the horror!

43 points by nanis 5y ago

> Bourke Shire Council, in the state’s north-west, killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at a Cobar-based animal shelter from travelling to pick up the animals last week, according to council’s watchdog, the Office of Local Government. ooo career ending move there. I'm amused, myself, how little coverage the zoonotic transmission of COVID gets. It's not even "misinformation", its just not discussed much. Perhaps they're saving it for a serious conflict later. "They're coming to kill Fluffy" might get people to take up arms.

Lochleg 5y ago
Big pharma must not be that big if they dropped the ball on vaccines or antivirals for domesticated animals. It's a shame that no one has been able to brag about getting Fluffy the jab.
- nradov 5y ago
  US zoos have been vaccinating some mammals https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bears-baboons-tigers-are-getting-covid-vaccines-at-zoos-across-the-us https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/bears-bab...
- h2odragon 5y ago
  "US zoos giving special animal coronavirus vaccine to tigers, bears and gorillas" https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/us/zoo-animal-covid-vaccine-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/07/us/zoo-animal-covid-vaccine-t... https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-06/big-cats-bears-gorillas-covid-vaccine-oakland-zoo https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-06/big-cats... Speaks of a company "Zoetis" and says "Confirmed coronavirus cases have been found in gorillas, tigers and lions at zoos, and in domestic cats and dogs."
  - Lochleg 5y ago
    I was aware of the limited availability of a vaccine like the one from Russia, but it will be interesting to see if any get marketed widely. The virus in minks was a major concern and the population had to be culled, but I imagine they will only be routinely vaccinated if it's cost effective. Similarly, the equation is odd for house pets. They shouldn't need to be vaccinated if they are kept inside permanently, but some people wouldn't mind paying for peace of mind. Other pet owners would never bother.
AndrewBissell 5y ago
> I'm amused, myself, how little coverage the zoonotic transmission of COVID gets They don't discuss this because it would make it clear that "the whole world gets vaccinated and Covid goes away" is a pipe dream.

Razengan 5y ago

What the fuck..

JumpCrisscross 5y ago

“The Office of Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, who has previously faced questions in Parliament over the shooting of animals in council pounds, did not comment.”

99mans 5y ago

Won't be long until they decide to implement this on un-vaccinated humans. All this over a mild flu, too.

grawprog 5y ago

>Bourke Shire Council, in the state’s north-west, killed the dogs to prevent volunteers at a Cobar-based animal shelter from travelling to pick up the animals last week, >A source who is familiar with the arrangement said the shelter volunteers are distressed and had COVID-safe measures in place to handle the dogs, one of which was a new mother. >According to NSW Health, there have been no recent locally acquired COVID-19 cases in Cobar, So, it was too dangerous to travel in an area with no covid cases and bring dogs to a shelter with full covid protocols and the only alternative was to shoot the dogs? This is just getting excessive, there's being safe and then there's I don't even know what you call that. There definitely had to be a better way to deal with that situation. >The Office of Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, who has previously faced questions in Parliament over the shooting of animals in council pounds, Although, sounds like the council has had issues with shooting animals in pounds before.

DiabloD3 5y ago

Remember: Violent extremist nutjobs are in governments everywhere, at all levels, not just here in the US, not just at Federal and State level. This story proves that they're in every government, at every level of government, spewing their fear, uncertainty, and doubt, doing whatever it takes to further victimize people being harmed by the absolutely botched handling of the pandemic. This story is just an unusually depressing example among already depressing examples.

readthenotes1 5y ago
"proves" --that word doesn't mean what you think it means.

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FooBarBizBazz 5y ago

The same method reliably prevents COVID transmission in humans.

pixxel 5y ago

> The Office of Local Government Minister Shelley Hancock, who has previously faced questions in Parliament over the shooting of animals in council pounds, did not comment Quite the fetish she has.

cudgy 5y ago

Australia exhibits a very high level of paranoia with extreme measures to prevent covid transmissions. You cannot even travel to some provinces without a 2 week quarantine and multiple required tests (e.g. Western Australia). All of these reactions to relatively low existence of covid transmission. How long does this go on till people realize that Covid is going to be part of our lives for the foreseeable future and locking oneself up in isolation and executing innocent animals is not a long-term solution.

stmfreak 5y ago

Locking people in their homes with military enforcement… Internet shrugs. Killing dogs to prevent human travel… internet: the horror!