Why Cat Owners Should All be Penalized

Medscape Internal Medicine News ^ | 6/22/2012 | Arthur L. Caplan, PhD

[Salamander]

Are the reptiles next?

Where have you been?

They recently passed a federal ban on a whole bunch of reptiles, based solely on junk science.

Totally harmless *Ball Pythons* have been banned under ‘dangerous species’ laws, for crying out loud.

pETA has their ‘man on the inside’ with Odrama and they’re grabbing everything they can while the getting’s good.

[Salamander]

Would’ve been easier if you’d simply told her to take her foot out of her mouth before she posted.

;]

[skinkinthegrass]

*shock*
asleep....i know some were, not all. :-(

[Altariel]

Yes, we are perfectly serious: dogs understand dog body language; when a human approaches a dog, that human needs to approach the dog using body language which a dog can correctly interpret.

Your friend would be wise to educate herself on the subject to prevent further injury to herself or her family through foolish assumptions (”I like hugs, Fido must like hugs too.”)

Humans have arms; dogs do not; why would you, or any wise dog owner, suppose that a dog would view a hug the same way you do?

Your friend’s injury was caused by her own foolish assumptions; her dog is incapable of saying. “Excuse me, but for my species, you are expressing either that you are challenging me to a fight or that you wish to dominate me.”

It is capable of giving other body language signals that it is uncomfortable with a breach of canine etiquette (which your friend certainly ignored) and, failing those, of biting to get its point across.

Those who are bitten due to their own foolishness should learn from their foolishness, not blame the dog for acting in self-defense.

[Ditter]

My big fat Black Mouth Cur, Cate, comes to me at least once a day and asks for a hug. I give it to her, but I would never hug Odin and I would never suggest that anyone else hug Cate.

You have freepmail.

[Salamander]

Bookmark USARK for up to date info.

http://usark.org/

The federal ban is still in effect, though somewhat modified from its original form.

States have been passing/dumping bills at the state level.

[big cheers for those states who refused to kneel before Zod]

As has become painfully apparent today, Big Brother is -here-.

[Fawn]

Listen don’t bother me with your stupid excuse crapola. I grew up with shepards, schnauzers, dalmations...and guess what. I was able to hug them without my face being torn off. The woman lives with this pit bull...her son/DIL and DOG moved in with her about a year ago...they had a baby and the dog knows her...she hugs it and gets attacked....it’s a PIT BULL. That should NOT have happened. Case over...no excuses.

[Salamander]

Some rare and wonderful dogs do like ‘hugs’ but it should *always* be up to the dog.

My Djinni likes hugs and presses into me for them but smaller Gypsy, bless her heart, suffers my ‘baby cuddling’ fits patiently but with little joy.

Odin does not like hugs at all, from me or anybody else.

He will tolerate me hanging over his shoulders for legitimate reasons such as nail clipping or examinations but would, I believe, bite anyone else who tried.

I do not feel “slighted” or “unloved” because he doesn't like to be hugged.
He is a dog and it is his space.
I know better than to violate it and respect him too much to force it upon him, just as he has learned that I don't like the typical ‘mouth licking’ that dogs do to their owners.

I'm not likely to heave up a partially digested antelope for him so he's lowered his canid pack behavior expectations.

;]

[and yes, dog owners, when Fido or Fifi licks your mouth, that is -exactly- what they're doing...they're trying to elicit a maternal regurgitation response from you...aren't you happy?]...LOL

[Eaker]

it’s a PIT BULL.

We all know that pits are the only type of dogs that bite.

Is there a subject that you know less about than dogs? I sure hope not because less than nothing is like dividing by zero.

[Ditter]

“as a dog returns to his (or your) vomit” Can’t remember the rest of this right now. LOL!

[Fawn]

31 U.S. fatal dog attacks occurred in 2011. Despite being regulated in Military Housing areas and over 650 U.S. cities, pit bulls led these attacks accounting for 71% (22). Pit bulls make up less than 5% of the total U.S. dog population.3 Notably in 2011, adult victims of fatal pit bull attacks more than doubled the number of child victims. Of the 22 total pit bull victims, 68% (15) fell between the ages of 32 to 76, and 32% (7) were ages 5 years and younger.

The year 2011 also marks an increase in pet pit bulls killing their owners. Of the 8 total instances this year in which a family dog inflicted fatal injury to its primary caretaker, the dog's owner, 88% (7) involved pet pit bulls. Together, pit bulls (22) and rottweilers (4), the number two lethal dog breed, accounted for 84% of all fatal attacks in 2011. In the 7-year period from 2005 to 2011, this same combination accounted for 74% (157) of the total recorded deaths (213).

The breakdown between pit bulls and rottweilers is substantial over this 7-year period. From 2005 to 2011, pit bulls killed 128 Americans, about one citizen every 20 days, versus rottweilers, which killed 29; about one citizen every 88 days.

Annual data from 2011 shows that 58% (18) of the attacks occurred to adults (21 years and older) and 42% (13) occurred to children (11 years and younger). Of the children, 62% (8) occurred to ages 1 and younger. 2011 data also shows that 39% (12) of the fatal incidents involved more than one dog; 26% (8) involved breeding on the dog owner's property either actively or in the recent past, and 6% (2) involved tethered dogs, down from 9% in 2010 and 19% in 2009.

Dog ownership information for 2011 shows that family dogs comprised 65% (20) of the attacks that resulted in death; 74% (23) of all incidents occurred on the dog owner's property and 29% (9) resulted in criminal charges, up from 15% in 2010.

The states of California and Texas led fatalities in 2011, each with 4 deaths; pit bulls and their mixes contributed to 88% (7) of the 8 deaths. North Carolina, New Mexico, South Carolina and Virginia each incurred 2 deaths. See: Full news release.>

[Salamander]

Crapola is a subsidiary of Crayola.

[and the purple ones get eaten first in 'the ward']

Just sayin’....

;D

[Salamander]

*Eeeeyew!*

[if you do remember the rest, *don’t* ping me, please?]

Bleah!

LOL

[Salamander]

Yet again you blithely disregard cold, hard facts and post alleged anecdotal “proof” to emotionally support your own pet neurosis.
[yes, bless your heart..that was witty word play]

I rather think that ~you~ should be at DU where you can more comfortably and freely express your feeeeeeeeeeeeeeelings.

[Fawn]

What is wrong with you. Those are STATS...not by me. NO feelings are involved. YOU, my dear, are the one using your feelings.....look up the words ‘statistics’.

[Salamander]

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1211/048.html

I’ll take my chances with “pit bulls” and Rotts, thanks.

The odds are in my favor.

[obviously]

[Salamander]

Did you even bother to read the links I posted or did you just frantically search the universe for hysteria-inducing stats to support your kill-all-dogs pogrom?

Keep going, Fawn.

All you do is undermine your own case *and* cement your reputation as FR’s resident ‘crazy cat lady’ every time you post.

I have all the time in the world to dance with you.

:)

[Salamander]

Isn’t this topical detour taking time away from your crusade to kill all the “killer” birds?

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Air Sack Mites ... Air Sack Rupture ... Allergic Alveolitis ... Anatomy (Avian) ... Aspergillosis ... Avian Brain Disease ... Avian Flu ... Avian Goiter (Thyroid Hyperplasia or Dysplasia) ... Avian Gout ... Avian Influenza ... Avian Pox ... Avian Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium avium) Bacterial Infections ... Baldness ... Beak & Feather Disease ... Beak Problems / Deformities ... Bird Fancier’s / Breeders Lungs (Allergic Alvolitis) ... Bird Flu ... Bite Wounds ... Bleeding ... Blepharitis ... Blocked Gizzard ... Bordetella ... Botulism ... Brain Disease ... Breeding-related Problems ... Broken Legs / Toes ... Bronchitis ... Bumble Foot ... Bursal Disease Canary Pox Virus ... Candida / Candidiasis ... Cancer ... Canker (Trichomoniasis, more commonly known as “pigeon canker) ... Chick Deformities ... Chlamydia / Chlamydiosis ... Chronic Egg Laying ... Cryptosporidium / Coccidia ... Coccidiosis ... Conjunctivitis ... Coryza Diabetes ... Diarrhea Egg Binding ... Egg Laying (Chronic) ... Egg Yolk Peritonitis / Egg Peritonitis ... Emphysema ... Enteritis ... Eye Problems Fatty Tumors ... Feather Cysts / Feather Lumps ... Feather Disorders ... Feather Lice ... Feather Plucking / Chewing ... Fowl Cholera ... French Molt ... Fungal Infections Giardia ... Gizzard (Blocked) ... Gout Heavy Metal Poisoning ... Hemochromatosis ... Herpes ... Hypothyroidism Infectious Bronchitis ... Infectious Bursal Disease ... Infectious Coryza ... Infectious Sinusitis ... Influenza Kidney Disease / Problems Laryngotracheitis Lead Poisoning ... Liver Disease ... Lymhpoid Leukosis Macaw Wasting Disease ... Marek’s Disease ... Megabacteria / Megabacteriosis ... Metal Poisoning ... Mites & Lice ... Mutilation ... Myialges Nudus ... Mycoplasmosis Necrotic Enteritis ... Neuropathic Gastric Dilatation ... Newcastles Disease ... Nutritional Disorders Omphalitis ... Overheating Pacheco’s Disease ... Pasteurella ... Papilloma ... Parasites ... Parrot Fever ... PBFD ... Pneumonia ... Psittacosis / Chlamydiosis / Ornithosis ... Pseudomonas ... PDD ... Poisoning ... Polyoma ... Pox Virus ... Prolapsed Cloaca ... Psittacine Beak & Feather Disease. Regurgitation ... Respiratory Distress / Diseases Salmonella / Salmonellosis ... Sarcocystosis ... Scaly Face & Scaly Feet Disease ... Seizures ... Self / Skin-Mutilation ... Sinusitis ... Skin & Feather Disorders ... Stargazing Teflon Poisoning ... Thyroid Problems ... Tuberculosis ... Tumors (Cancer) ... Tumors (Fatty) ... Toxicities / Poisoning / Ingestion ... Trichomonas Visceral Gout ... Visceral Leukosis (Marek’s Disease) ... Vomiting West Nile Virus ... Wet Vents Yeast Infections Zinc Poisoning

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God knows none of us ever want to come down with “beak and feather disease”, “Bumble foot’, “Teflon poisoning” or “blocked gizzards”!

[yeah, your little ‘crazy page’ is legendary on FR..it gets passed around and laughed at quite a bit]

[Eaker]

Self serving BS from discredited or government (liberal) sources.

Why don’t you just quote HSUS whom, like you want all dogs dead?

BTW, did you get your bumble foot taken care of?

[Fawn]

God knows none of us ever want to come down with “beak and feather disease”, “Bumble foot’, “Teflon poisoning” or “blocked gizzards”!

You obviously already caught Bumble Foot.