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ever, associated themselves with any terrorist, hate-group, violent, or illegal groups or demonstrated any similarities to such groups.
You know, other than the times when they do things like dress up like the KKK and make crazy accusations.
http://www.faniq.com/blog/PETA-Dress-In-KKK-Garb-Outside-Westminster-Dog-Show-In-New-York-Blog-19121
Frelling morons.
So point the first: Fuck you and your fucking stupidity, you fucking stupid fucks.
That out of the way, disdaining people for breeding purebred dogs is exactly the bloody opposite of what they should be doing. They should be be pushing hard for kennel limits on mixed-breed, non-registered, "puppy mill" type breeders, backyard breeders, and un-neutered mixed breed dogs, since that's the source of the vast majority of dogs that end getting killed in shelters. They should be working to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home the huge number of unwanted dogs in said shelters.
Anybody that makes it to Westminster is almost certainly breeding quality, healthy dogs to quality, healthy dogs, in a quality, healthful kennel. Else, you know, they wouldn't make it to Westminster.
As for trying to breed a "master race" of dogs, I think it's pretty damned obvious that breeders are NOT all selecting for the same thing, else there wouldn't be hundreds of different breeds. Idiots.
Now, don't get me wrong; I do not agree with the AKC on everything. We have differences. Personally, I'd like them to make a concerted effort to eliminate ear-cropping and tail docking in their show rings, because that's got to happen for the majority of breeders to discontinue these silly practices. (I also think they should stop breeding English bulldogs, since they are total genetic wrecks, and probably about as opposite to any "master race" as it's possible to get.)
But I am all about selecting high-quality, well-conformed, health-checked dogs (and horses, and cattle, and cats, and birds, and lizards, and....) for breeding. And the AKC policies of requiring OFA certification (hips, elbows) and in many breeds eye and heart health certification of breeding stock is great and admirable.
ever, associated themselves with any terrorist, hate-group, violent, or illegal groups or demonstrated any similarities to such groups.
You know, other than the times when they do things like dress up like the KKK and make crazy accusations.
http://www.faniq.com/blog/PETA-Dress-In-KKK-Garb-Outside-Westminster-Dog-Show-In-New-York-Blog-19121
Frelling morons.
So point the first: Fuck you and your fucking stupidity, you fucking stupid fucks.
That out of the way, disdaining people for breeding purebred dogs is exactly the bloody opposite of what they should be doing. They should be be pushing hard for kennel limits on mixed-breed, non-registered, "puppy mill" type breeders, backyard breeders, and un-neutered mixed breed dogs, since that's the source of the vast majority of dogs that end getting killed in shelters. They should be working to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home the huge number of unwanted dogs in said shelters.
Anybody that makes it to Westminster is almost certainly breeding quality, healthy dogs to quality, healthy dogs, in a quality, healthful kennel. Else, you know, they wouldn't make it to Westminster.
As for trying to breed a "master race" of dogs, I think it's pretty damned obvious that breeders are NOT all selecting for the same thing, else there wouldn't be hundreds of different breeds. Idiots.
Now, don't get me wrong; I do not agree with the AKC on everything. We have differences. Personally, I'd like them to make a concerted effort to eliminate ear-cropping and tail docking in their show rings, because that's got to happen for the majority of breeders to discontinue these silly practices. (I also think they should stop breeding English bulldogs, since they are total genetic wrecks, and probably about as opposite to any "master race" as it's possible to get.)
But I am all about selecting high-quality, well-conformed, health-checked dogs (and horses, and cattle, and cats, and birds, and lizards, and....) for breeding. And the AKC policies of requiring OFA certification (hips, elbows) and in many breeds eye and heart health certification of breeding stock is great and admirable.
