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[purdey]

The British are great animal lovers and on the whole look after their animals.In Cyprus there seems to be an initial love of animals and then.....

[alexISS]

The British are great animal lovers and on the whole look after their animals.In Cyprus there seems to be an initial love of animals and then.....

It's not the norm but it's unfortunately widespread. Some time ago a video of a Cypriot student in Greece throwing hot oil to a dog made the news, it was shocking...

[hellopaul]

And then....? A strange post. The reply to your question "Is animal cruelty in Cyprus the norm" is obviously "yes". This is patently clear to anyone who has lived in Cyprus or even just visited for a few days or more. Cypriots are famed for their hatred of all animals. Animals are there to be starved, shot or beaten. They serve no other purpose in Cyprus.

[purdey]

Not a strange post at all,the puppy post generated interest,so this is a follow on.
Maybe posts like these may help the dog and cat shelters and alike.
I would be interested to hear from June and for her to maybe list items and help she needs in the future.

[kafenes]

And then....? A strange post. The reply to your question "Is animal cruelty in Cyprus the norm" is obviously "yes". This is patently clear to anyone who has lived in Cyprus or even just visited for a few days or more. Cypriots are famed for their hatred of all animals. Animals are there to be starved, shot or beaten. They serve no other purpose in Cyprus.

Can you follow your accusation with some proof please?

[pantheman]

And then....? A strange post. The reply to your question "Is animal cruelty in Cyprus the norm" is obviously "yes". This is patently clear to anyone who has lived in Cyprus or even just visited for a few days or more. Cypriots are famed for their hatred of all animals. Animals are there to be starved, shot or beaten. They serve no other purpose in Cyprus.

Oh please get off your high horse. I have given up counting how many programs I have seen showing the RSPC and the US equvilent on trails of animal cruelty in those respective countries.

Horse beaten and left to starve in the UK, dogs boxed all day with no food in the US. You have just seen fit to jump on this puppy band wagon and start critisizing Cyprus.

If you just take a simple item of comparison, the amount of money GDP that the US and UK create is gigantic compared to what cyprus generates. Those bigger countris can afford the expenditure on animal welfare, but even then it falls way short considering the amount of money we are talking about.

Cyprus, as much as it would like, does not have the same financial power and if it is faced with money for social benefits or money for animal welfare then I can guess where they will be directing it. Given the enormous developments that have taken place in cyprus, infrastructure wise in the last 5 - 10 years you can see where most of that money goes to.

Critism is accepted in some cases but to demonise the whole country as being ALL non animal lavoers is taking the biscuit to day the least.

Lets just get things into perspective here. Otherwise this thread and similar will turn out like the Cyprob thread.

A slight digression here,

Niki, a question for you. Do you know that the person dumping the puppies in the first place was actually a Cypriot? Could he have been a Brit, a Yank, a pole, a Russian? Why you suddenly asumed he was Cypriot? I think it just shows the racial tendencies here a bit !!!!

Its like when a black man gets arrested he says "just because I am black?" Well, you have just done the same, unless you know for sure what he was?

Just an observation.

[cyprusgrump]

And then....? A strange post. The reply to your question "Is animal cruelty in Cyprus the norm" is obviously "yes". This is patently clear to anyone who has lived in Cyprus or even just visited for a few days or more. Cypriots are famed for their hatred of all animals. Animals are there to be starved, shot or beaten. They serve no other purpose in Cyprus.

Oh please get off your high horse. I have given up counting how many programs I have seen showing the RSPC and the US equvilent on trails of animal cruelty in those respective countries.

Horse beaten and left to starve in the UK, dogs boxed all day with no food in the US. You have just seen fit to jump on this puppy band wagon and start critisizing Cyprus.

If you just take a simple item of comparison, the amount of money GDP that the US and UK create is gigantic compared to what cyprus generates. Those bigger countris can afford the expenditure on animal welfare, but even then it falls way short considering the amount of money we are talking about.

Cyprus, as much as it would like, does not have the same financial power and if it is faced with money for social benefits or money for animal welfare then I can guess where they will be directing it. Given the enormous developments that have taken place in cyprus, infrastructure wise in the last 5 - 10 years you can see where most of that money goes to.

Critism is accepted in some cases but to demonise the whole country as being ALL non animal lavoers is taking the biscuit to day the least.

Lets just get things into perspective here. Otherwise this thread and similar will turn out like the Cyprob thread.

A slight digression here,

Niki, a question for you. Do you know that the person dumping the puppies in the first place was actually a Cypriot? Could he have been a Brit, a Yank, a pole, a Russian? Why you suddenly asumed he was Cypriot? I think it just shows the racial tendencies here a bit !!!!

Its like when a black man gets arrested he says "just because I am black?" Well, you have just done the same, unless you know for sure what he was?

Just an observation.

Oh come on!

Our local vet is Cypriot - he knows who dumps the dogs around here!

Clue: It is not Brits, Yanks, Poles or Russians

[Jerry]

You have hit the nail on the head Pantheman regarding prosecution for animal cruelty by the RSPCA because in Cyprus there would be NO PROSECUTION, nobody cares. It really does not have much to do with money, its a question of attitude. We don't poison dogs in the UK by baiting them with lanate just because they bark all day. I have many Cypriot relatives in the UK, I know what how they feel about animals "we can't come and visit you our daughter is scared of dogs", "you will have to put your dog in our garage if you come to visit" "we shot the cat (in Cyprus) because it ate the sausages" are typical remarks that I remember. Some Cypriots love animals. Many Cypriots hate animals. Most Cypriots are indifferent to animals.

[pantheman]

And then....? A strange post. The reply to your question "Is animal cruelty in Cyprus the norm" is obviously "yes". This is patently clear to anyone who has lived in Cyprus or even just visited for a few days or more. Cypriots are famed for their hatred of all animals. Animals are there to be starved, shot or beaten. They serve no other purpose in Cyprus.

Oh please get off your high horse. I have given up counting how many programs I have seen showing the RSPC and the US equvilent on trails of animal cruelty in those respective countries.

Horse beaten and left to starve in the UK, dogs boxed all day with no food in the US. You have just seen fit to jump on this puppy band wagon and start critisizing Cyprus.

If you just take a simple item of comparison, the amount of money GDP that the US and UK create is gigantic compared to what cyprus generates. Those bigger countris can afford the expenditure on animal welfare, but even then it falls way short considering the amount of money we are talking about.

Cyprus, as much as it would like, does not have the same financial power and if it is faced with money for social benefits or money for animal welfare then I can guess where they will be directing it. Given the enormous developments that have taken place in cyprus, infrastructure wise in the last 5 - 10 years you can see where most of that money goes to.

Critism is accepted in some cases but to demonise the whole country as being ALL non animal lavoers is taking the biscuit to day the least.

Lets just get things into perspective here. Otherwise this thread and similar will turn out like the Cyprob thread.

A slight digression here,

Niki, a question for you. Do you know that the person dumping the puppies in the first place was actually a Cypriot? Could he have been a Brit, a Yank, a pole, a Russian? Why you suddenly asumed he was Cypriot? I think it just shows the racial tendencies here a bit !!!!

Its like when a black man gets arrested he says "just because I am black?" Well, you have just done the same, unless you know for sure what he was?

Just an observation.

Oh come on!

Our local vet is Cypriot - he knows who dumps the dogs around here!

Clue: It is not Brits, Yanks, Poles or Russians

Yes Grump you would say that, wouldn't you?

Do you know who dumped the puppies was the question? Anything else is just empty accusations.

Oh and "Our local vet is Cypriot " well then, he must be a cruel basterd as well since he is Cypriot right??

[Oracle]

The "General Chat" posters are even more polemical than the Cyprus Problem threads.....

At least with the Turks ... you know who your enemies are

Too scary for me ..... I'm off!


But before I go ... try complaining ... or better still ... donating here:

http://www.dogshelter.org.cy/