Pit Bulls and Animal Rights, Mischaracterized and Demonized

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-11-30 14:27:00 UTC
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I'm sending you elsewhere this afternoon. First, to my friend over at For the Pit Bulls. She has written a post that is in part a response to the TIME article that I recently read as well, which asks, "Can Attack Dogs Be Rehabilitated?" Regardless of whether you read that article, do at least read my pal's response. It choked me up. But I am glad I read it. And it deserves to be read. (One point I'd add relates to the flaws in the TIME article, one of which was the writer's insistence on referring to individual dogs as "it" rather than "he" or "she." That's a topic that's long deserved a post all of its own.)

Then, mosey on over to Green Is the New Red. Will has a post up about yet another laughable-if-it-weren't-so-scary development in the government's and industries' infuriating characterization of (and efforts to intimidate and criminalize) the animal rights movement. Are you ready? PETA has now been listed by the USDA as a "terrorist" threat. Whatever you think of PETA, its tactics, and its positions, the idea of it as "terrorist" group is off-the-charts ridiculous. Read more from Will here. Seems we just can't get enough Green Scare- and AETA-related news these days.

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Photo (mine) shows Mabel the pit bull looking back at me with her break-my-heart "I want to plaaaay" expression as she watches the dogs next door play with each other -- and with the toy she wants.

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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