Tag: pets
What's The Right Number Of Pets To Have?
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Mon Jul 28, 2008 at 06:50:08 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
A man's home is his castle, so the saying goes. If that's true where does the state get the right to tell the lord and master how many pets he can house in his castle? That's the issue of the moment in one Wisconsin town where residents are debating a proposed ordinance limiting the number of pets a household can have.
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How Much Is That Puppy In Window (In Terms Of Pain & Suffering When It Dies)?
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 10:56:19 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
According to Debra Campanile, losing Misty, her canine companion of some 13 years, "was devastating." The Massachusetts resident said Misty was part of her family and not just a pet. She wants Massachusetts to formally recognize how deeply pet owners feel about the loss of their pets. This is why is fervently pushing for some legislation which would allow pet owners to recover civil damages whenever a pet dies because of other than old age. When Campanile says whenever, she means whenever. Under the law she is seeking, humans could be financially liable for pain and suffering due to the loss of a pet - whether that loss came about due to animal abuse, reckless driving, or a mistake made by the veterinarian.
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Everyone Needs a Pet
skeeter1.
Posted to Etcetera on Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 01:46:28 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
OK, I know that many of you have offspring and think that's all the pets you need...
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Keeping The Family Jewels Attached To Spot.
MayorBob.
Posted to SciTech on Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 08:52:36 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.
Most people view their pets as friends and members of the family. Most animal experts strongly suggest that, if you're not thinking about breeding your pet, the responsible thing to do is to have it spayed or neutered. Most responsible pet owners agree and will have the necessary operation performed soon after they buy their pet. But some animal owners find it cruel and barbaric to have Spot's testicles removed. For them, there's a new approach to neutering - an approach which allows the animal to keep all of his original equipment and still protects against overbreeding among dogs. But, it's a method which has any number of veterinarians uncertain about its efficacy.
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Outsourced Products = Home Grown Lawsuits
pO157.
Posted to Business on Thu Jul 05, 2007 at 04:02:08 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Mega corporations love subcontracting out to China, despite the allegations of human rights violations, corruption, repressive government, massive death from environmental shenanigans. However, there is danger of a new kind of blowback from subcontracting... product liability lawsuits.
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I'd Like A Mastiff, Only Make It Fit Into A Pocketbook And Color It Blue.
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Wed Jan 10, 2007 at 11:51:19 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The Japanese latch onto fads and ride them for all they're worth. Gigantic film monsters used to ravage Tokyo and other Japanese cities with impunity. Golf, a sport requiring a lot of space is a national obsession for a people short on space. Within the last decade and a half, fads have swept over the Japanese. It happened with tamatgotchi (literally digital pets). Sometimes they pass beyond Japanese shores. Both Hello Kitty and Pokemon are fads the Japanese embraced and then loosed upon the rest of the world. As fads go all of these are probably harmless. But, it appears the Japanese are embracing a new fad -- one which most definitely has a dark side to it. That would be the fad of the cute inbred puppy dog.
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