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Name: Joanne Boudreau on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Lorna Knight on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Tina Boudreau on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Mary V. Shaw on Mar 17, 2010Comments: Now is the time for Correctional Services Canada officials to put their money where their mouths are. If the pages and pages of "restorative justice" on their website are not to be taken as empty rhetoric, they should allow these feral cats to stay at the institution for the benefit of the inmates.Flag
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Name: Kristi Mallinson Vogel on Mar 17, 2010Comments: Immediate implementation of a cat-inmate program with respect to the Bath Institution makes good sense on a number of different levels. It is a fiscally responsible manner in which to address the crisis of cat-overpopulation which is the root cause of feral/stray colonies. After all, any other method of dealing with such a colony, i.e., trap and kill, is accomplished using taxpayers dollars. It is a humane and compassionate method of addressing and resolving the situation, from both the cats and the inmates perspectives. The animal-human bond plays a significant therapeutic role in the rehabilitation of those that are institutionalized. Recidivism rates drop and as a result both inmates and society benefit. CSC please live up to your mandate of rehabilitation: implement this cat-inmate program now. As a Canadian taxpayer I want my tax dollars spent in this positive and fiscally responsible manner.Flag
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Name: Johanna Tito on Mar 17, 2010Comments: It has been amply proven that caring for an animal has a very strong positive impact on a person's mental and physical health. You have a great opportunity here to use the wonderful animal-human bond for the benefit of the inmates. USE IT AND BE A MODEL FOR OTHER INSTITUTIONS!! Allow the feral cat colony to remain on the property of the Bath Institution and in the care of the inmates.Flag
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Name: Teresa Knight on Mar 17, 2010Comments: Killing the cats is no way to teach convicts how to practice non-violence, tolerance, and compassion! Try to set a good example!!Flag
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Name: SHIRLEY MALLINSON on Mar 17, 2010Comments: ITS THE RIGHT AND HUMANE THING TO DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Flag
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Name: Sheila White on Mar 17, 2010Comments: I have written to the warden and Min. of Corrections to give my whole-hearted support to such a programme. As a taxpayer and TNR volunteer, I see this as an excellent chance to enhance the lives of the cats, inmates, workers and ultimately society at large, when these prisoners are released. A programme of this type can only encourage the best in human nature.Flag
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Name: Leslie Filson on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Paul Robertson on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Linda Graham on Mar 17, 2010Comments: It is beneficial to Bath Institution and the inmates themselves to keep these cats where they are.Flag
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Name: Mary Shepherd on Mar 17, 2010Comments: Modeling behaviours that demonstrate compassion for our animal friends who have done nothing wrong but try every day to survive should be what those working with inmates should do. This is your opportunity to do the right thing, right now.Flag
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Name: Sara C. Rans on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Emily W on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Debbie Smith on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Bette Laviolette on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Jill Carroll on Mar 17, 2010Comments: The benefits of having this cat population with the inmate population far outweigh any negatives! I'm sure additional funds could be raised within the community for vaccinating & neutering.Flag
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Name: Liz Sullivan on Mar 17, 2010Comments: There is a better way, save the cats and rehab the inmates. Its just the right thing to do.Flag
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Name: Corinna Fritz on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 17, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Taneda Dawes on Mar 17, 2010Comments: I find the wording of the petition a bit too demanding, and I was almost not going to sign. But knowing the positive effects the admiration and the love of a cat can have on its object of affection, a human being, the sooner the Bath cats have their home assured, the better. You have to work at getting a cat to like you more than you do a dog. By showing a cat he matters, your reward is that you matter to him, something many folks behind bars aren't that sure pertains to them.Flag
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Name: Geoff Webster on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Jane Doreen on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Jeannine McEWan on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Terry Hallett on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Shyla Sickels on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Kimberly Costello on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Jessica Hellard on Mar 18, 2010Comments: I strongly support the initiative here to save the feral cat colony on the property of the Bath Institution. There is no excuse when there are alternatives.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Virginia Madison on Mar 18, 2010Comments: The cats will help to rehabilitate the prisoners. They are probably also the major source of quality of life for the prisoners while they are incarcerated. It makes perfect sense to allow this cat colony to live there. It is hard to believe that there was any thought given to killing them.Flag
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Name: Jodi Herman on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Paul Hamilton on Mar 18, 2010Comments: Please spare these cats.Flag
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Name: Bill Mallinson Sr. on Mar 18, 2010Comments: Do the humane thing that appears to be good for all concerned, except some zealous official who can't see beyond his own noseFlag
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Name: Vicky Deodato on Mar 18, 2010Comments: I have watched countless documentaries about inmates and animals, and the profound and life changing affect these programs make! Also, the cats are great at controlling rats and mice! Please, do not euthanize these cats!Flag
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Name: Stacie Azulay on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Romana Maj on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: April Brown on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Leslie Russo on Mar 18, 2010Comments: It's a shame that a correctional institution that practices rehabilitation and tolerance would adopt a no tolerance ideology towards these innocent cats. These cats have provided pest control for your facility and it is my understanding that the cats are being supported by personal donations and that individuals and organizations have offered to step up and help with the spaying and neutering of these animals. There are many studies proving the correlation of successful rehabilitation of inmates interacting with animals and I fail to understand why you would want to rid yourself of this free opportunity to improve your facility.Flag
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Name: Angela Donnelly on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Tracy-Lyn Hausen on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Sherri on Mar 18, 2010Comments: A program such as this would be very helpful to the inmates and their learning and correctional programs. Teaches them so much about life, animals and looking after those who cannot look after themselves.Flag
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Name: Victoria Lash on Mar 18, 2010Comments: A sterile. managed colony of cats can actually benefit an area... regardless of how much they're fed, they still take care of a large percentage of the rodent population and from my own experience with feral cats, they unify the community around them. That's something we could all learn from.Flag
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Name: Ken Wood on Mar 18, 2010Comments: Great example of how we can teach compassion for humans by startig with compassion for animals. Good for the inmates helping out! Now lets have the authorities help my making their efforts easy.Flag
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Name: Judy O'Brien on Mar 18, 2010Comments: TNVR is a great option for the cats and also the inmates who will take care of them at the institute - very positive event.Flag
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Name: Sue Long on Mar 18, 2010Comments: I believe in TNVR programs and support such a program at bath instituteFlag
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Name: Diane Sheehan on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag
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Name: Pamela Thomas on Mar 18, 2010Comments: Please help these innocent creaturesFlag
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Name: Bob Leggett on Mar 18, 2010Comments: In support of freedom of choice.Flag
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Name: Josie Vanderklugt on Mar 18, 2010Comments:Flag