Four-Legged Friends Often Pay for Impulsive Gift-Giving
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › December 11, 2008
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Down the cage line at Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland, nearly all of the animals in view were somebody's, once. They are nobody's, now. And many pets given as holiday gifts, the staff knows, will soon join their number.
For RBARI's homeless host of domestic animals -- for Fresco, Vapor, Bon-Bon, Sandy, Simba and the other kittens and cats on the second floor; for Sarge, Molly, Mobie, Maurice, Billy the Bully and the other puppies and dogs on the first -- Christine Taylor and her staff might seem the new "somebodies." They show care and affection. They pay the veterinary bills. They work for animal adoption and foster care.See the full content of this document
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Four-Legged Friends Often Pay for Impulsive Gift-Giving
But Taylor makes their view clear: Pets are not belongings, not chattel or property, even if the law often defines them that way. And they should not, Taylor says, be Christmas or Hanukkah presents, either.
"An animal isn't merchandise,"...See the full content of this document
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