Let's just step back and think. The dog was in a carrier. Is this very different than putting a dog in the back of a pick-up truck or ridding in a convertable? How about people that ride motorcycles?
Up until the 70s, it was common for you to put your hunting dog into the trunk of your car (pick-ups were for farmers and wives did not want dog hair in the back seat). Go read some bird hunting books from that period, it was accepted and the dogs used to jump in unbidden (because they knew they were going hunting).
"a dog in the back of a pick-up truck "
You know, this is analogous to putting a dog in the back of an open pick up truck. No big deal.
I think it is much more cruel to force an animal to be in a box in cargo holding on Air Force 2 for 12 hours like Obama probably did to "Bo" on the way to the Hawaii photo op.
Also, serious Americans must ask: can we subject an innocent animal like Bo the dog to the care of a violent man who orders indiscriminate bombing of Libya, drone killings of "suspected terrorists", the killing of Somali Pirates and shooting Osama in the head?
Barak-the-Impaler
