>There are people who look at an animal as just that, an animal. They >believe they're a 'disposable' commodity, and shaking them or talking >to them, means nothing. I met someone who was telling me they just put their dog down. I sympathetically asked if the dog was old and very sick. She said "no, he was a 2 year old lab, but he was just too energetic. The vet said it was more humane than taking him to a shelter"!!!!!! I had seen this dog, as they live around the block from me. She admitted he wasn't mean or anything, just too "common", i.e. a lab can't get adopted around here, I guess. It made me sick - heck, I would have taken the dog to keep it from death. She told me her boy was upset. Duh! I admit I kind of wondered about that vet! Jean [Posted in FML issue 4232]