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At the time, Ms Sunman told The Advertiser that Harry was "the worst dog to steal" because he was "not sociable with strangers". So how did anyone manage to get him out of his crate without a lot of noise. Interesting.

EXACTLY Souffle. Boring twit he is. Buyer beware - too bad, buddy!

Who is he - a comedian? B is for Barry who's eyes are all wrong, and K is for Kevin who's legs are too short. Judging from that photo, he sure looks like a clown. My pug's eyes dont go in different directions and her legs are certainly not too short.

You'll have to email her. Hang ten and I'll get her addy. julie at mdba dot net dot au

:D :( ;) OOps, my bad....that post was directed at none other than........Raz, you know - the one that tells me to take a hike yet forever quotes my comments and then responds with typical sarcasm. Stop chasing me all over this forum...please

Shhhhhhh! ;) For most it appears in code or simply as babble There's a select few that get'ya Only the select crowd understand the Souffle. and no point hitting edit after writing some insulting crap, Moselle. You really need to take a hike.

What do you mean PE?? DOLers are again pointing out the flaws in the RSPCA's work. Some would rather we didnt do that. Souff Souff; you don't need to answer posts for me on my behalf, anyone would tihnk you like seeing your sig. ;) I meant that as soon as The Ark posted something good, she got shut down. All rightie then! I understood what you meant from your post, Souffle. Maybe your keyboard is set to some secret language and only some Dolers can interpret it

Either do I but the average Joe doesnt. Ask someone who is not a member of dogzonline and who just wants a puppy what their idea of a puppy farm is (registered breeders), and where the puppy they buy from a petshop comes from (not a puppy farm). It really is very eye opening when you ask people.

There are over 20,000 members here. We all individually talk to a lot of people. Word gets around.

It's good that it's rehashed. Good for you for getting another discussion happening on the issues currently facing the dog world

There are quite a few threads on just that running at the moment.

Members of CCs have been screaming for this for years. CCs do nothing about it.

I'm pretty sure this thread went way off the rails a long time ago . . . Sure but I want to ask Woof questions about the brumbies and might be best if we start a new thread about it - or I can go back to the thread in OT. There's a plan - see you in there, Woof.

No problem, Ark, and while something is better than nothing, I still dont think the average Joe will put two and two together. I'm not saying they' re stupid nor was I bagging the RSPCA (this time), I was simply saying I dont think that was money (your money) well spent- just that when someone wants a puppy and they want it now, an ad like that wont make much of a difference, and while you say the average Joe isnt part of our discussion here on dogzonline - yes he is. Average Joe is very much a part of the discussions here on dogzonline.

I did not say that. I just dont think an rspca ad at the top of a page will make the average Joe put two and two together. Gee you're reactive. Why start a thread if you're just going to get all sarcastic everytime someone responds with a differing opinion.

Why dont they have the balls to just say - right we're having an aerial cull rather than subject these wild animals to terror in transporting them and that's all there is to it. Because they know damn well that it's not the best they can do it's just the easiest and cheapest. Management of feral horses is difficult but really it's not about the environment or animal welfare it's about freeing up grazing land, if government wanted a humane solution they would put money into researching it. I don't believe they had any intention of trucking those horses to Qld it's not financially viable and most of the animals would be dead or useless as meat by the time they got here anyway. Interesting points I'd like to ask you about - how about a new thread so we stop derailing this one.

No it doesnt. People buying from petshops and from online ads dont think about where the mass produced puppies are coming from. It's not going to do a thing.

And that person is quite happy to PM me. Not sure what your preoccupation with me is but I'll be happy when you stop quoting me. How funny that you think it's OK for a guy to show his emotional side for tv but it's not OK for a woman to go hunting with her ferrets. Please go away, Moselle.

Why dont they have the balls to just say - right we're having an aerial cull rather than subject these wild animals to terror in transporting them and that's all there is to it.

:D Thanks for the coffee splurk!

Exactly what I was thinking when I saw the other thread. Makes you realise that the animal rights activists are just constantly shooting themself in the foot

Rightyo that makes sense. I didnt think there'd be a market here for horse meat on the table. As for use in unis, I was thinking more along the line of non recovery surgery - same as the issue of pound dogs. I'd much rather see a horse being used for the future benefit of vet science than ending up in a can of dog food or pot of glue. I still cant get my head around how they transport them, though. Poor bloody animals. Sorry for going OT

Or worse. Off topic, but veterinarians have a suicide rate about four times as high as the general population. That's dreadful. Probably because they have to put up with non vets who want to whinge about the use of dogs who are going to die anyway being used by vet students so that when they graduate, they actually know how to work with an animal on the slab. I think petitions like this should only be started by and signed by vet students who know exactly how much training they need - not bloody animal rights activists who want to cry that an animal who is going to be killed anyway is used in the name of science so that our pets end up safe. As I said earlier - feel terrible that pound animals are used by vet students? Dont bloody dump your pet at the pound and you wont have to worry (not directed at you, Staranais. I love vet students )

This is very important to me as an animal owner. I totally agree. If the animal is already dead, the student is not so aware of the repercussions if they stuff up. Disclaimer - I also feel the same about organ donors. They are so important for doctors - the patient is stil breathing even if it's a machine making them breath and the person is already brain dead.

Do they go to slaughter here for human consumption or do you mean they go OS for human consumption? I'm not following you - we dont have a culture here of eating horse meat. That thread was really sad, though. If those brumbies just end up on a plate or in a can, isnt it better for them and us if they go to humane animal research in a Uni instead?