I did. I just haven't seen it. Ever. I've seen dogs. Nothing else. I used to see birds and snakes and big lizards a lot when I lived in Houston 15 years ago, bu

I did. I just haven't seen it. Ever. I've seen dogs. Nothing else. I used to see birds and snakes and big lizards a lot when I lived in Houston 15 years ago, but not really anywhere since (except in Venice Beach), and that obviously wasn't because of this ESA thing. It may have been a factor of who I was hanging out with and things I was doing. I'm not endorsing people abusing the system...I'm endorsing chilling out about dogs in "human" spaces. I understand there are valid concerns. Some people are allergic, and that's a thing we should try to be respectful of, within reason (i.e. if someone is allergic and says so, maybe move them or the animal to another location within the space). Some dogs are poorly behaved. Owners should be expected to be responsible for inappropriate behavior. Anyway, my point was mostly that no one bats an eye at children being everywhere humans go, even though children can be unruly, disruptive, destructive, smelly, and dangerous, animals too. I like dogs. I want to live in a world where dogs are treated with reasonable levels of respect and aren't excluded unnecessarily from their families lives. (Humans have this really weird/unique relationship with dogs. They need us in ways that no other animal does. Whether it was ethical to breed that need into them over thousands of generations is not a useful debate to have, since we can't undo it...but, I believe that comes with some kind of responsibility.)