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The difference in how dogs are treated in different regions. My question: why?
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 304654" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>In most places the animal cruelty laws are extremely weak. As long as they have food, water, and some kind of 'shelter', it's not considered to be 'cruelty'. Not that there's anybody checking for that here but ... My neighbors have a cute little mixed breed dog that stays on a short chain in their yard 24/7, 365 days a year. Nobody ever plays with him or gives him the slightest bit of attention. He gets no exercise except what his short chain will allow him. He's like a little concentration camp victim. I'm sure he's eaten alive by fleas. I suppose he has food and water (that freezes in the winter) because he's still alive and his 'shelter' is what's left of an old wooden crate. He's out there in the summer when it is 100 degrees and in the winter when it's down to zero. But according to the law, this is OK. And once in a while he gets loose and he runs happily through the neighborhood, sometimes dragging his chain. He runs circles around my house and eats all the cat food I put out on my back porch for the neighborhood kitties, but I can't get blame him for doing it. I know that not everybody treats their dogs like I do but there must be some middle ground there! Why do people like this even bother to have a dog?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 304654, member: 1883"] In most places the animal cruelty laws are extremely weak. As long as they have food, water, and some kind of 'shelter', it's not considered to be 'cruelty'. Not that there's anybody checking for that here but ... My neighbors have a cute little mixed breed dog that stays on a short chain in their yard 24/7, 365 days a year. Nobody ever plays with him or gives him the slightest bit of attention. He gets no exercise except what his short chain will allow him. He's like a little concentration camp victim. I'm sure he's eaten alive by fleas. I suppose he has food and water (that freezes in the winter) because he's still alive and his 'shelter' is what's left of an old wooden crate. He's out there in the summer when it is 100 degrees and in the winter when it's down to zero. But according to the law, this is OK. And once in a while he gets loose and he runs happily through the neighborhood, sometimes dragging his chain. He runs circles around my house and eats all the cat food I put out on my back porch for the neighborhood kitties, but I can't get blame him for doing it. I know that not everybody treats their dogs like I do but there must be some middle ground there! Why do people like this even bother to have a dog? [/QUOTE]
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