Sad Reality

[Cloud]

I wonder why black puppies aren't adoptable?

[icileparadise]

I really don't wish to be rude because I have exactly the same feelings as all you above posted - it's just that I work with children with mental and behavouril handicaps but it often stikes me as odd how we as humans feel so intensly for the plight of puppies and kittens and little tortoises, birds etc when we steel our emotions for our own kind. I've seen hard men bawl like babies for a dead dog and stand dignified for a dead relative. Just asking anyone how do we do that? Why do we do that? It is an answer I need to understand if anyone could provide it I'd be grateful. Thanks.

[Clodfobble]

Because most people's relatives are jerks?

[Cicero]

Because the dog was man's best friend?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Becouse dogs are better than people, it's a greater loss.

[icileparadise]

Funny. Guys I'm serious - it's one of lifes things please comment usefully.

[Cloud]

-because it's socially acceptable to go ga-ga over pets; because one can't possibly expend emotional coin on every single injustice in the world; and because people are jerks, especially to each other, and animals usually aren't

[skysidhe]

For the above reasons and more.

Dogs and small animals are helpless. We don't have mass state funding to care for them. We have to rely on the ability of people to neuter, to care about puppy mills, and stop putting cute baby animals in easter baskets.

[icileparadise]

Now you just sound bitter Cloud, are you hanging on to you guns and religious beliefs? Shoot the dying pet and bury with all dignity the dead relative. Life is full of contradictions as far as I have witnessed. Once a friend of mine (in the U.K.) had his cat knocked down outside his house when his daughter came rushing in and declared the fact. He calmly went onto the road picked up the dead cat and put it into the trash can. He had a large back garden and the said cat grew up with his two daughters. We ate dinner knowing the cat was in the trash. He was a singularly humourless bastard from my reckoning on.

[Cloud]

uh, what? my guns and religious beliefs? not my scene.

people are jerks, and worse. people are also wonderful and caring. Sometimes even the same people at the same time.

[icileparadise]

Sorry you said black puppies. I was alluding to Obamas gaff about Pensylvannians being BITTER. My bad, please excuse me.

[Cloud]

I heard one of Humane Society's volunteer explain to the lady with the litter of puppies that the Society was filled with puppies and that these puppies, being black, would immediately be put to sleep. Black puppies, she explained, had little chance of being adopted.

the news story states that black puppies are not adoptable; I am just wondering why. I don't see anything wrong with black dogs, or cats for that matter.

[icileparadise]

You're right. Neither do I. Black dogs, cats, horses are beautiful. Interesting.

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by icileparadise

He calmly went onto the road picked up the dead cat and put it into the trash can. He had a large back garden and the said cat grew up with his two daughters. We ate dinner knowing the cat was in the trash. He was a singularly humourless bastard from my reckoning on.

Ok now you are saying there isn't enough compassion for animals. Which is it? What lofty principle are you standing on here, because you seem to have two opposing arguements.

What in the hell is the question?

[Cloud]

a sampling:

http://www.glendalehumane.org/blackdog.html

http://www.blackpearldogs.com/

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayof...g.syndrome.ap/

I was not aware of this. Apparently, black dogs and cats are consistently less adoptable.