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8/17/2007 Learn all about Scotlund and what inspired him to pursue a career in animal welfare. I’ve always had strong feelings about how animals are treated. I remember an incident from my childhood when a friend and I were playing with a bb gun in his backyard. There was a sparrow in a bush there, and my friend told me to shoot him. Without really thinking about what I was doing, I aimed the gun and pulled the trigger. The sparrow fell out of the bush, but he wasn’t dead. So my friend told me I had to wring his neck to “put him out of his misery.” I did this, too, but the whole episode filled me with remorse and revulsion. It also brought home to me just how vulnerable innocent animals are and just how senseless the violence that we subject them to is. Years later as an adult, I spent some time talking to a friend who worked for PETA, which was a new organization back then. A lot of what she said made sense to me, and I decided I needed to be directly involved in helping animals. That led to a job as an animal control officer at the D.C. Animal Shelter. I had the chance to rescue thousands of animals in that job and that made me realize that I wanted to devote my life to ending animal suffering. At that point, I stopped eating and wearing animals. One of the animals I rescued in the early 90’s was a rottweiler who was near death when I found him. I took care of him, oversaw his recovery and eventually brought him home and named him Capone. He was with me until 2003 and taught me a lot about animals and the importance of animal protection. One of our favorite things to do together was to visit classrooms where we demonstrated to kids – many of whom knew only vicious guard dogs and skittish feral cats – how intense the bond between a human and an animal can be. Capone and I shared such a bond. I hope we passed that on to lots of people.
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Re: A Bit About Scotlund (Your First Comment)
Hi Scotlund Haisley:
Your biography is an interesting read. As a 13 or 14 year old I also shot a dove with a BB gun, the dove also survived, unfortunately however, after rescuing the dove and placing in a small bird cage and following recuperation, I formed an attachment, which resulted in 3 or 4 years (maybe more I don't remember) in captivity until the doves death. I to regret this, to this day. Much latter in life I majored in Parks and Natural Resources Management, This event and many others evolved in feelings very much like yourself.
Good luck Scotlund in your current position,
Joseph Bender
By Joseph Bender on
8/23/2007
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Re: A Bit About Scotlund
yeah, are you single? :)
By barbara on
8/24/2007
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