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Old 01-11-2013, 09:24 AM   #689
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Originally Posted by J-bo09 View Post
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?
They are property, with no right of citizenship.

Here is the argument about pets as property versus calling humans "pet guardians" which opens up other discussions in law.

http://cats.about.com/od/advocacy/a/petsasproperty.htm

EDIT: Purely coincidental, this is on the ABC News front page right now, a case going before the Supreme Court. http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-supre...ry?id=18186388

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