4 ms·
The Pets’ War: On Hilda Kean’s “The Great Cat and Dog Massacre”
- Shivetya 10y agoSince I could not load the OP link I read the NYT review (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/books/review/great-cat-and-dog-massacre-hilda-kean.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/books/review/great-cat-an...) . What an interesting phenomenon, has it ever been truly explained? Was this purely a form of compassion by some of those who gave up pets? Surely someone important influenced this decision, an off hand comment or such?
- asciimo 10y agoI sometimes think about what I would do if I were instructed to abandon a companion animal. For example, in an evacuation. I like to think that I wouldn't, and that I'd either socially engineer the situation or find some creative way to keep the entire family safe. I hope to never be in that position.
- leesalminen 10y agoI've long wanted to build a National Shelter System[0] for pets. At Gingr[1], we work with hundreds of kennels every day. Many of which have expressed interest in participating in such a program, but feel as though some oversight from a govt agency would be needed. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shelter_System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shelter_System [1] www.gingrapp.com