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Originally Posted by J-bo09
My final post re: dogs for this morning, but how can you say they are not a part of society?
We have police dogs.
We have dogs in the army.
We have dogs that assist the blind.
We have dogs that do search and rescue.
We have dogs that search you at the airport.
Then we have a medical system for them. (vets...self-funded by owners I might add) We have dog sitters. We have retail around them. They live in our houses, they have there own designated parks.
So what is the qualification to be part of society?
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The same can be said about horses (except maybe the airport).
Until I can take a dog to court on civil or legal matter, or until they pay income tax, vote, run for office, and factor in on how our society functions, they are not part of it and do not get the same considerations.
If you said that dogs are a part of our lives whether we like it or not, that would be fair. It still wouldn't make it grounds for accepting negative dog/human interactions.
I agree with whoever mentioned that better enforcement of current laws is the way to go though. Have licensing, but with actual restrictions on who gets to own what where.