As we speak, a judge will have to make a heartwretching decision on the fate of the 50 plus dogs that were saved from the Michael Vick side business, dogfighting.
As of this writing, no one has come forward to rescue the dogs and more than likely they will be euthanized. And no less than the most awful of the animal "rights" groups, PETA, says that the dogs are beyond rehabilitation and need to be euthanized. Really?
In one sense, the dogs are like humans in that they are not born to fight. These dogs were trained to fight. Yes, there is no doubt that these dogs can not be with other dogs and maybe with each other. But why can't PETA and the animal welfare groups get together and find a way to save the dogs?
There are many no-kill shelters that dogs live out their lives even if they are never adopted. Are there any for these kind of dogs? Could it be possible to create one so that these, the truly innocent victims of this horrible enterprise, be allowed to live out their days?
One reason that I want the dogs to live to remind people like Mr. Vick what havoc they have created to satisfy a bizarre satisfaction watching two, maybe more, dogs rip each other apart. And of course there is the betting. That is where the action really is.
These dogs were not born to be the fighters that they became. Some cretins created the viciousness that has potentially ruined these dogs.
Mr. Vick needs these dogs to be kept alive because they would serve as a reminder that he and all of us were given dominion over the animals by God. Not to abuse them, but to be shepherds to them.
Now, I should note that I am not a vegetarian and I love meat. But, I know that those animals, cows and pigs mainly, are bred for the purpose of being a good dinner. And there are better ways that they can be killed to be made food for us humans. Again, that would fall under animal welfare and not rights.
As we humans have evolved, we have a better understanding of animals and particularly dogs and to a lesser extent, cats. And we have come to realize that they have a relationship with us. But, some people like Mr. Vick and his cronies did not and probably still do not get that. And that leads to what they did.
But the poor dogs that they abused should not suffer because of the heinousness of these men.
I wish those who have the means and ability will save these dogs.
Oh, and as far as PETA goes, some animal "rights" group they are as they have shown that they are the hypocrites we who favor animal welfare have always known they were.
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