[Publib] Animal cruelty

[Judy Anderson]

I have my own issues with PETA, like the stupidity of suggesting college 
students drink beer instead of milk.

But do you honestly think that sled dogs are choosing to run the 
"Idiotarod"? You compare human athletes, who have choice, to animals that 
are forced to participate in a race that serves no purpose to the animals 
whatsoever. (I feel the same way about horse races, but they generally 
aren't so destructive of the animal.) That's a scary thing coming from 
someone with your apparent education.

Just because information comes from PETA doesn't make it invalid. You also 
imply that PETA is against sterilizing animals, which of course is not true 
from what I've read.

Judy Anderson
Oregon
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>From: "Mary D. Kraeszig, DVM" <kittydoc1 at earthlink.net>
>To: publib <publib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: Re: [Publib] Animal cruelty
>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:07:22 -0400
>...
>
>Yes, sled dogs can become sick or injured.  Human athletes also become sick 
>and injured in high performance sports, but we do not ban those activities. 
>  People are injured performing recreational activities all the time.  Dogs 
>injure themselves pursing purely voluntary activities that they clearly 
>enjoy, like chasing squirrels or balls.

>
>Mary D. Kraeszig, DVM
>
>Michele Haytko wrote:
>>While I, of course, am not Margery, here is a PETA factsheet on dog
>>sledding, complete with citations.  It can be found online at:
>>http://www.peta.org/MC/factsheet_display.asp?ID=130
>...

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