Adapting the dog to the taste of the consumer
Today's dogs come in all shapes and sizes.
There are now over 400 dog breeds. They still all belong to the same species, which
means that all breeds can be crossbred and still have fertile
offspring. All of them have been bred by humans. This means that
we decide which dog breeds with which dog, depending on which characteristics
are desirable. Man is playing God, as it were: "a slightly
smaller head, shorter legs and cute floppy ears". There is
now a true dog-industry that occupies itself with breeding dogs,
and that alters dogs to suit people's requirements and wishes. |
Animals suffer for food manufacturers
For nearly 10 months in 2002 and early 2003, a PETA investigator
went undercover at an Iams contract testing laboratory and discovered
a dark and sordid secret beneath the wholesome image of the dog-
and cat-food manufacturer: dogs gone crazy from intense confinement
to barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs left piled on a filthy
paint-chipped floor after having chunks of muscle hacked from their
thighs; dogs surgically debarked; horribly sick dogs and cats languishing
in their cages, neglected and left to suffer with no veterinary
care. The
consequences of irresponsible breeding for dogs are considerable. |
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