Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD
My big bugaboo is with the use of any dogs by a police department to apprehend/subdue suspects.

I do not mind drug and bomb sniffing dogs, but to have any officer send a dog-who does not realize the danger invovled - into a situation where harm may come to the animal, shows a disrespect for the animal and the bond, loyalty and fearlessness that it shows to it's handler.
Taking consent to a new level.

I have enough problems with the complicated EULAs on software. Yeesh. When one has almost trusted the vendor for years, they sometimes slip a new rule in that you would never have clicked to agree, if you knew what it meant.

But yes, it makes sense to me at some level, more like idealism if it could happen. On the same token with the same logic, we would then need animal consent forms for neutering.

- Do they understand what is going to happen to them?
- Do they agree with the reason that it is done?
- Do they agree that the belief system of another species to surgically alter them to in order to effect convenient behavioral traits to them is appropriate?
- Would they rather reproduce? (LOL)

And right there at that level, one is eye to eye with the dichotomy of Animal Rights Extremism . We don't have a right to own them and make decisions for them.