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The difference in how dogs are treated in different regions. My question: why?
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 304719" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I think you CAN get people who "don't like animals", yet still are compassionate towards them.</p><p></p><p>My mother is an example of that. She won't have pets because she feels she wouldn't be able to meet ALL their needs--she would certainly feed them and provide vet care and the like, but she doesn't feel she could provide the emotional attention they require.</p><p></p><p>In fact, she is pretty much an activist when it comes to animal care. She is anti-breeding, pro-rescue, etc. </p><p></p><p>This is a big step for her, as she spent several years in South Africa as a child, back in the apartheid days. Back then, the whites kept vicious guard dogs to protect them against the "kaffirs".</p><p></p><p>She was attacked by a Ridgeback. Luckily the dog was muzzled and other than scrapes and bruises, she wasn't physically harmed, but it left her afraid of dogs for many years.</p><p></p><p></p><p>She's no long afraid, but big dogs make her a bit nervous still</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 304719, member: 1963"] I think you CAN get people who "don't like animals", yet still are compassionate towards them. My mother is an example of that. She won't have pets because she feels she wouldn't be able to meet ALL their needs--she would certainly feed them and provide vet care and the like, but she doesn't feel she could provide the emotional attention they require. In fact, she is pretty much an activist when it comes to animal care. She is anti-breeding, pro-rescue, etc. This is a big step for her, as she spent several years in South Africa as a child, back in the apartheid days. Back then, the whites kept vicious guard dogs to protect them against the "kaffirs". She was attacked by a Ridgeback. Luckily the dog was muzzled and other than scrapes and bruises, she wasn't physically harmed, but it left her afraid of dogs for many years. She's no long afraid, but big dogs make her a bit nervous still [/QUOTE]
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