On 6 Feb 2015, at 23:14, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 06/02/2015 2:30 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> On 6 Feb 2015, at 17:28, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>> On 06/02/2015 10:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> On 03/02/2015 8:35 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, Ann. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, Tessa needs more handling and distracting to start having a good >>>>>> time. I really need a squirrel in a hidden cage that I can uncover and >>>>>> then click the shutter right away. :) >>>>> >>>>> My kennel club has started doing "barn hunts". It involves live rats in >>>>> clear plastic hamster balls, and is from what I understand, quite popular >>>>> with the dogs. >>>> >>>> Yikes. Have the local animal advocates caught wind of this yet? I >>>> would not want to be an admin of that club if/when they do. :) >>> The rats are unionized. They cannot work for more than half an hour, and >>> then they get an hour break, the dogs are not actually allowed near the >>> rats, and the rats have legislation on their side. >>> >>> http://www.canadabarnhunts.com/intro.html >>> >>> It's actually a legitimate dog sport. >> >> It seems rather bizarre - why not let them catch and kill the rats? >> >> B > > That's where the Union gets involved. Seriously, these rats have the > Teamsters behind them. >
You're gonna need a bigger hamster ball... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2942740/Mutant-20-inch-super-rats-closing-Wiltshire-town-t-killed-poison-warn-pest-exterminators.html B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
