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<DIV>It is amazing that so much energy and effort has been made of one line to
Town Talk on Wednesday:
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<DIV>The good news is that Dan, of Old Town Pets in beautiful downtown Riverdale
Park, does have puppies coming in today. Pet 'em,' pick 'em, buy' em, love
'em. </DIV>
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<DIV>In retrothink, I wonder if such compassion and emotion were invested in
say, humans, that WRC-TV/4's Barbara Harrison would not have to offer up
children for adoption -- "Wednesday's Child" -- as she does on Sunday mornings
and Wednesday evenings. Those "pets" need good, loving homes too and I
wonder if there is as much thought and emotion expended on them as there was in
this space. </DIV>
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<DIV>Just my observation...</DIV>
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<DIV>Jeffrey Yorke </DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 10/6/2007 10:10:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Euniverz@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm glad to hear that the pups and kittens are mostly rescues or
incidentals. It's not a real surprise because you usually have to "order
in bulk" from brokers/puppy dealers. If anyone is familiar
with Just Puppies in Laurel, they receive their puppy deliveries out of
the back of 18-wheeler tractor trailers and crates of 6, 7 and 8 week old
babies are off loaded just like cases of groceries. It's a seedy business
IMHO.</DIV>
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<DIV>To contrast, Dan is indeed providing a community service of
sorts. I just hope those animals are winding up in a good
place. But as a retailer, and as a animal business permitted by the
county, it is actually his legally regulated responsibility to ensure the
constant good health of the animals in his care, especially the puppies and
kittens, and there are pages and pages of county code devoted to retail
pet establishments and those requirements. I have no doubt that Dan
would choose to anyway, but he is required to by law to be a good caretaker
of his animals.</DIV>
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<DIV>Adrianne</DIV>
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size=2>Thanks for the info on Dan and the puppies; I know the<BR>animals I've
seen in his shop have appeared healthy<BR>and happy; I DIDN'T know he was
doing all of that<BR>extra work to make sure that they remained that way.
<BR>Nice to hear! <BR></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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