Your dog could be in danger. Killed off by, of all gangs, the animal-rights movement. More important, the future pets of your children’s children could be a thing of the past.
Don’t bust out laughing. The idea’s been around for years. As National Review remembers it, “Wayne Pacelle stated in 1993 before being appointed to his current post as head of the Humane Society
of the United States, “One generation and out. We have no problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are the product of human selective breeding.”
And you thought they were your dog’s best friend? It gets more ricidulous (spelled correctly – a manufactured word coined by a disc-jockey I knew years ago). Now they want your dog to be able to sue you. Forget sleeping at the foot of the bed. Perish the thought of a dog house. The problem may become his room is not as big as yours.
Save your sides. Hold that laugh. The Review goes on. “What could further the eradication goal more dramatically than allowing domesticated animals to sue their owners in court? The real litigants, of course, would be animal-rights activists — committed true believers who would use the raw power of litigation to force animal industries to their knees.”*
The absurd goes even more to the ricidulous. But are they sincere? These people who claim to do good but are mainly getting publicity – and contributions – for themselves?
Good heavens, people. Pets have a far better life than those animals out there getting chased down and eaten alive in the wild. And a far better life than people. We have to go out and work for a living, while our pets stay home and frolic with the expensive toys we’ve bought them. And those humans who already have it made have been known to lavish an extraordinary amount of attention and expensive foolishness on family pets.
People who love their pets would do anything for them. We have the most pampered creatures that ever existed. Right here in America. If you want to get rich, just come up with a new gadget or warm fuzzy that pets can’t do without, at least in the minds of their… er… can we say owners? Without getting sued?
*When Animals Sue – Wesley J. Smith – National Review Online.
