No, they have been asked by the Iraqi authorities to help reduce the population.
For example, Karbala has a 5 dollar bounty on all wild dogs. Baghdad police and animal control officers have killed 30,000 this year. I think what he was saying that at the beginning, even though asked, he did not participate while others did. But now does, even though the thought bugs him, just for something to do. Even the vets in Iraq sadly agree with the need. And remember, in Iraq, for the most part, dogs are _not_ seen as pets. They are dirty, dangerous beasts, not allowed in the house, and good only for farm work. So no one cared when they went wild and were breeding out of control. Not while bombs and bullets were going off, and running water and electricity were in short supply. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm trying to lay off the judgment, trying to understand what it is like to > be in his shoes. > But Erika, re-read the post. The dogs are not being shot for any purpose > other than displacing anger and frustration. Not for any useful purpose > like thinning the herd or making life safer for anyone. > > I'm finding it hard to condone this myself, no matter what it is done "in > the name of". > > What if soldiers were killing Iraqi babies because they were stressed out? > Would that be condonable? > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Erika L. Walker <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Not condoning as I am a fellow animal lover - but, in trying to see it > from > > his shoes and giving you another side: > > > > These arent your family pets these dogs. > > > > They can, most likely are, VERY wild, travel in packs, can do small > > children > > & farm animals harm. Where they came from is anyone's guess, but if the > > inhabitants of the country have no plan to take care of them and wont > take > > care of them, then don't you think perhaps some form of control should be > > used? That it actually might be putting these dogs out of future misery? > > > > It's not all about what's good for the USA .. they are trying to make the > > country a better place to live. > > > > That all said ... it's quite obvious he's a bit f-cked up in the head > right > > now (burn out), so why bash him? > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Ras Tafari <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > shooting dogs. > > > > > > i dont give a fuck. fuck that. > > > sorry man, i cannot condone that no matter fucking what. > > > > > > sorry. i appreciate your service for our country, but i dont see > > > how killing dogs would benefit the USA one iota. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:294424 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
