Hi Rebecca!
I didn't quote the horrible story. It's enough to read it once. It made
me so angry.
> Anyway, animals are property in this country. In order for them to be
> valued, they must be assigned a monetary value. The higher, the better.
This is the case in Germany, too. The situation is:
If a mongrel is hit by a car the driver will pay nothing (The dog owner
be lucky if he doesn't have to pay for the damage it did to the car).
But if a pure bred dog is hit by a car the owner will get a lot of money
so he can replace it.
Isn't that just ridiculous???? An animal is *not* a thing which can be
replaced.
Again I repeat that I hate the idea to have any money value added to an
animal. The dogs in the shelter go to new homes for a donation which
includes shots etc. The dog itself costs *nothing* It's sometimes hard
to explain to people interested in adoption why the same price is asked
for a 6 year old mongrel as for a 6 months old pure bred AC White
Shepherd. But infact there is basically no difference between the two.
> Rebecca...
> who has a bumper sticker on her car that says:
> People who abuse animals rarely stop there.
Yes, infact your message made me want to vent about all the incredible
things happening (or *not* happening) to people who abuse and even
murder children but it's really entirely off topic so I'll go to bed now
and try to forget about it all.
Good night.
Eva
