tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post7451277538721363877..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: A Veterinarian in Freetown, Sierra LeonePBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-21178265053094056402011-04-26T20:58:48.258-04:002011-04-26T20:58:48.258-04:00Yes, and the vet (Dr. Jalloh) is 100% right if one...Yes, and the vet (Dr. Jalloh) is 100% right if one is assumig that the money is available either way... but it clearly wasn't. <br /><br />People are motivated by a lot of parochial emotional interests, and the need to "rescue" and demonstrate self-worth by having done that is pretty common. <br /><br />In theory, people should be willing to give money to help the maximum number of dogs in the poorest country in the world. In reality, however, they shrug off the misery over the horizon (out of sight is out of mind) and buy more toys for their own dogs, or they buy flowers for the church so their name is in the program at Easter, etc. <br /><br />Issues of charity and ego and self-satisfaction are always in collision. It's rarely as simple as: "Here's $3,000 with no strings attached, what do you think we should do with it?"<br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-44211243918397200082011-04-26T19:59:38.686-04:002011-04-26T19:59:38.686-04:00Sorry, I can't agree. Didn't the vet sugge...Sorry, I can't agree. Didn't the vet suggest that the money was better spent locally, not trying to export 3 dogs when that money could help 1000 dogs instead?grapfhicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351840619814949772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-50990953461581999952011-04-26T13:06:17.771-04:002011-04-26T13:06:17.771-04:00AID workers leave countries often without knowing ...AID workers leave countries often without knowing where they are going to, their living situation in the next location, or how long they are going to reside there for. On arrival in a new country, however, they are often lonely and "rescue rangers," by temper. On exit, however, the logistics of a dog become both expensive and very problematic. Vaccines and innoculations of animals coming into the US, at least, are NOT a big deal. We have rabies all over, and every other kind of dog-borne disease under the sun as well. No reason to exclude a dog for a few shots and a stool smear/float.<br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-66426399178798074512011-04-26T11:58:27.312-04:002011-04-26T11:58:27.312-04:00I do ponder, if those aid workers in Sierra Leone ...I do ponder, if those aid workers in Sierra Leone have problems getting those dogs out of the country due to some red tape and extra fee costs and would be a reason why those animals are abandoned when the aid worker's contract is up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181976116336770187noreply@blogger.com