tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post3651655839134534312..comments2024-03-03T13:36:10.569-05:00Comments on The Dog Zombie: The Purebred Paradox, part four: What can be done?The Dog Zombiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-28048756524677344502011-05-16T10:54:29.808-04:002011-05-16T10:54:29.808-04:00There was a little discussion at the conference ab...There was a little discussion at the conference about a perceived cultural divide, a US resistance to legislation. (Personally, I think this issue can and should be handled without legislation.) Europe does appear in general to be more proactive than the US about animal welfare issues. But I agree, I think TV coverage of this issue in the US could cause some things to change.The Dog Zombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00242246213147009685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5134993821545562205.post-67178481386460654332011-05-15T21:05:42.203-04:002011-05-15T21:05:42.203-04:00I find it interesting that the TV show aired in th...I find it interesting that the TV show aired in the UK three years ago and led to a parliamentary inquiry and much discussion. It has taken that long for interest in these issues to gain any traction at all in the US. Mark Derr wrote a very perceptive article in the Atlantic back in 1990 "The politics of dogs" which covered a lot of this same ground. It seemed like it was going to kick up a storm, but the issue faded. It's tempting to see this as a cultural divide across the Atlantic, but I suspect if a major TV show took an interest things could change in the US too.Wolframhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399278984832806462noreply@blogger.com