Why can some people look at rabbits as a species and say, these ones are pets, and those ones are livestock, and not feel like moral hypocrites? (selective quote from this article)
Link to the article is here. Cole's notes version? An attic fire led to 61 sheltie dogs being signed over to a shelter, because the home was uninhabitable not only for the dogs, but for the humans as well. After taking in the animals, the animal control office had them "thoroughly examined" and will be proceeding with animal cruelty charges.
Hey all. It's been a while. I'm trying to get things back up and running, but between my life off the computer, and the other computer-ing duties I have, I've barely got time to sit down and enjoy some peace and quiet, let alone write. However, my fingers were itching to write today, so I found myself here, attempting once more to get things going. I'm going to do what I can to bring Herds not Hoards back to somewhat regular postings. And for the first performance of my comeback tour, I present you with an open letter to Whole Foods.
In Canada, most people use Kijiji as a method to post free classifieds online. This service, however, has recently decided to introduce an across the board fee for posting dogs or puppies for sale. Many individuals think this is a wonderful idea, however I myself think it is awful, and I know there are many like myself who find it to be a bit of a fiasco.
Wanted to apologize for the lack of posting/contacts, and give a bit of explanation as to why I was gone for so long.
I was speaking with a friend today who was complaining about her small child being unruly. She was simply venting, and I responded to her understandable frustration with "just smack her nose with a rolled up newspaper." She got a laugh out of that(which was what I was going for, it was a joke, I do not actually think children or dogs should be hit with rolled up newspapers), and it started a discussion as to why animals should not be considered humans.
On Valentine's day 48 rabbits were removed from a therapeutic riding facility, due to substandard conditions. The farm themselves asked to have the rabbits removed... And that might not have been the best idea.
Nothing makes me cringe more than seeing someone call their critter a "furbaby". I simply hate the term, and in a perfect world, no one would use it.
Looks like I pissed off the wrong people, so I've decided to out myself and deny them the pleasure.
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