Judge rules dogs should not be treated like kids
Interesting ruling...
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Child custody ... for dogs?
The wife wanted the case treated as a child custody dispute. She argued she should keep Kenya and Willow and offer visitation rights to her estranged husband.
Danyliuk rejected that request.
The judge ruled that dogs are property and should not be treated as children. He said that should be obvious to all based on a bit of logical, dispassionate thought:
- "In Canada, we tend not to purchase our children from breeders.
- "We tend not to breed our children with other humans to ensure good bloodlines, nor do we charge for such services.
- "When our children are seriously ill, we generally do not engage in an economic cost/benefit analysis to see whether the children are to receive medical treatment, receive nothing or even have their lives ended to prevent suffering.
- "When our children act improperly, even seriously and violently so, we generally do not muzzle them or even put them to death for repeated transgressions."
Danyliuk said given dogs are property and not family, it would be absurd for him to make a ruling about visitation rights....
Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...toon-1.3889188
