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ddvmor


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Amusing article from the BBC this morning:





Rome dogs win right to daily walk

The city of Rome is cracking down on careless pet owners by introducing fines for those who fail to take their dog out on regular walks.

Docking pets' tails and ears has also been made illegal, and can cost owners anything up to 500 euros.

Round fish bowls, believed to make fish blind, are deemed cruel, too, and banned under the new set of rules.

The by-law aims at protecting hundreds of thousands of cats, dogs and other species living in the Italian capital.


I think they should get the vote, too.

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Andromeda


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Ok I'm with them on the daily walking things and the ear/tail docking (and personally think they should also make declawing illegal too), but this is the first I've heard of round bowls making fish blind. That sounds a bit wacky to me.


 


That reminds me.. I need to clean Darwin's tank today...



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You keep Charles Darwin in a tank?  Isn't he a bit smelly these days.  And aren't tanks dangerous on account of their big-off guns? 

-- Edited by ddvmor at 21:23, 2005-10-26

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Fish rights? What kind of weird-arse liberal crap are talking about here?


How about this one: Er, you have the right to be eaten...



-- Edited by NateO at 21:48, 2005-10-26

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ddvmor


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I like this bit:


"It is not yet clear how the rules will be enforced, as pets will remain unaware of their newly-acquired rights. "



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