Dan H.

At 11:51 AM 1/13/03 -0800, you wrote:

 At 11:44 AM 01/13/2003 -0800, Jay Martineau wrote:

  You might want to see about getting that dog put down.

 Why is it that when an unattended dog follows it's prey instinct and chases

something on the run people say this type of thing?

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Because if an animal is out of control and is injuring people using a

public throughfare, and the owner of the animal hasn't done anything about

it, then the animal needs to be eliminated for the safety of the public.



Its a tough world. Unfortunately, some people own animals and don't take

care of them very well. Too bad for those animals. There is (at this very

moment) a Wildebeast in Africa getting eaten alive by a pack of Hyenas, for

example. Its not fair, but thats life.



The suggestion of putting the animal down is a realistic solution to a

serious problem. Your response (kill the owner) is not realistic, its just

rhetoric.



Fact is that a dog running loose attacking cyclists could easily result in

the death of people AND the animal. To prevent this, you might just have

to be proactive and eliminate the animal.



Scott





Sounds like an argument for the attack on Iraq!





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