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The first letter in this series was apparently inspired by a News & Observer article entitled "New tricks threaten old shelters; Revised rules and broader state authority challenge animal havens statewide" published on 2006-05-11. The original article does not appear to be online, however. | The first letter in this series was apparently inspired by a News & Observer article entitled "New tricks threaten old shelters; Revised rules and broader state authority challenge animal havens statewide" published on 2006-05-11. The original article does not appear to be online, however. | ||
==Staddon to News & Observer, 2006-05-16== | ==Staddon to News & Observer, 2006-05-16== | ||
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Animals should be well treated, but these endless regs. have less to do with animal welfare than with bureaucratic convenience and a model of animal care more suited to the abattoir than to live animals. | Animals should be well treated, but these endless regs. have less to do with animal welfare than with bureaucratic convenience and a model of animal care more suited to the abattoir than to live animals. | ||
| − | I do long-term, non-invasive behavioral research with pigeons. Like the shelter people now, we were told to replace our wooden cages with steel ones many years ago. Steel cages are easier to wash down and sterilize after the animals they contain are disposed of (frequently in many labs; rarely in ours) and replaced with a new batch. But pigeons (and dogs) | + | I do long-term, non-invasive behavioral research with pigeons. Like the shelter people now, we were told to replace our wooden cages with steel ones many years ago. Steel cages are easier to wash down and sterilize after the animals they contain are disposed of (frequently in many labs; rarely in ours) and replaced with a new batch. But pigeons (and dogs) like them and they are less healthy than wooden cages. |
Pet cats and dogs would all be illegal under any set of rules that requires steel cages. Applying such rules to strays destined (we hope) to find homes as pets puts Alice in Wonderland to shame! | Pet cats and dogs would all be illegal under any set of rules that requires steel cages. Applying such rules to strays destined (we hope) to find homes as pets puts Alice in Wonderland to shame! | ||