Wayne Pacelle, Senior Vice-President, formerly of Friends for Animals
“We have no ethical obligation to preserve the different breeds of
livestock
produced through selective breeding. ... One generation and out. We have no
problem with the extinction of domestic animals. They are creations of
human
selective breeding.” (Quoted in Animal People, May, 1993)
http://www.furcommission.com/debate/words2.htm

Believers in animal rights want domestic breeds of animal, including
livestock and pets, to be eliminated, while those animals already
"enslaved"
should be "liberated" from human domination. Wildlife, meanwhile, should
not
be managed by humans, even if this means overpopulation, habitat damage,
and
massive die-offs from starvation and disease.
http://www.furcommission.com/debate/ownwords.htm

"I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's specieist language. I prefer
'companion animal.' For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding ... as
the surplus of cats and dogs declined, eventually companion animals would
be
phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship –
enjoyment
at a distance."
(In "Just Like Us? Toward a Notion of Animal Rights", Harper's Magazine,
August 1988)
"In the end, I think it would be lovely if we stopped this whole notion of
pets altogether."
(Newsday, Feb. 21, 1988)
http://www.furcommission.com/debate/words1.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "brent ns" <...>
To: <...>; <...>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:25 AM
Subject: [farmtalking] Italy out to end the corgi menace

A new law that took effect in Italy yesterday brands border collies,

corgis

and St Bernards as dangerous dogs which children and criminals are

barred

from owning.
The legislation, passed by emergency decree after a series of pit bull
attacks made front-page headlines this summer, places a number of
restrictions on ownership of 92 kinds of "threatening" dogs.
Understandably, the new category includes dobermanns, bull mastiffs and
German shepherds, as well as pit bulls, of which there are about 16,000

in

Italy.
But it also embraces Newfoundlands, a breed with a reputation for

mildness –

whereas Staffordshire bull terriers, and their close American relation,

are

nowhere to be found on the list.
Minors, delinquents and criminals who have caused harm to people or

animals,

will all be barred from owning such dogs, the law states. In cases of
illegal possession, it provides for the animal's seizure.

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