Finally! Some protection!

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<p>From the city of gladiators:</p>

<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051026/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_life_italy_pets_3[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051026/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_life_italy_pets_3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It’s about time I say. I still bear the scars from the time my mother flushed Goldie down the toilet, to be eaten by the alligators inhabiting the New York City sewer system. And she was probably blind already, too! (not my mother, but Goldie.) </p>

<p>There IS justice in this world.</p>

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<p>I better go check that website again. Was that the Onion? Is this another spoof? This sounds like one of those crazy fake stories that Americans are too willing to believe because we are so Xenophobic! Xcept it’s for real, right? Crazy Italians!!!</p>

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<p>No, this is a serious story. There’s been a lot of animal-rights activism in Italy. Another town banned the dying of dogs. I got <em>that</em> article from four or five people who were horrified that I dyed my poodle pink for Halloween last year.</p>

<p>This is another link: <a href=“The Times & The Sunday Times: breaking news & today's latest headlines”>The Times & The Sunday Times: breaking news & today's latest headlines;

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<p>if we do that, will my doggie live forever? :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Im gonna hafta check with my wife. I believe we got a goldfish at a school fair and kept it in a bowl for 7 years.</p>

<p>ok, so it was only 3 or 4 years…</p>

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<p>Mini:
You had me going with your thread title. For a minute there, I thought your local Wal-Mart finally got Trojans in stock… :)</p>

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<p>My girlfriend pointed out that they are much cheaper ($6.49) at locally owned drug stores, than at CVS ($13.99) for a 12 pack.</p>

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<p>We have a cute picture of a dog who was dyed like an Easter Egg for Renn Fayre last year
She looked pretty happy.
I don’t dye my dog- ( she is black anyway) never even occured to me- I dont pierce her either and I while I did buy her a doggie raincoat- I never make her wear her rubbers. :)</p>

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<p>Condoms are pretty cheap at Costco; here’s a website:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.costco.com/Common/Search.aspx?whse=&topnav=&search=condoms&cm_re=1-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search[/url]”>http://www.costco.com/Common/Search.aspx?whse=&topnav=&search=condoms&cm_re=1-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This is a very fishy thread. How did it go from glass bowls to condoms?</p>

<p>Optimizerdad, your bad ! :(</p>

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<p>Marite:
Look, don’t blame me. I didn’t name this thread… :)</p>

<p>…and ‘fishy thread’? Ouch…</p>

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<p>Optimizerdad:</p>

<p>Please note that it is also forbidden to trim cats’ claws (“miao”). :)</p>

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<p>well I admit I don’t beleive in cutting dogs vocal cords, declawing cats
but what should really be illegal is not getting your pets fixed!
Dont they have a huge problem with feral cats in Italy?
or I guess for them its not so much a problem?
<a href=“http://www.friendsofromancats.org/[/url]”>http://www.friendsofromancats.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I gave a girl friend a goldfish in a condom. She did say she wanted gold-I wanted something else.</p>

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<p>The pet laws in Germany are pretty tough too. When we moved here almost 6 years ago we came petless. Our daughter was young and really wanted a pet. DH found a cat in the Stars and Stripes (military newspaper overseas) free to a good home. He brought the cat home and the cat proceed to shred the wallpaper in the new rental house we were living in. The cat was very destructive (which is probably why the people got rid of it). It was either give the cat to the German version of the pound or have it declawed. I called the vet on base to schedule the declawing and was told that it was illegal to declaw a cat in Germany. The vet could tip the claws in plastic but I would need to have that done regularly. I told the vet I didn’t want a cat manicure I needed the cat declawed. I was then given the name and number of a vet in Luxembourg. DD and I drove to Luxembourg to have the cat declawed. As I drove from Luxembourg to Germany on the way home from having the cat declawed I felt like a fugitive. I literally had to go to another country to have the cat declawed.</p>

<p>The pet laws in Germany also address how often a dog should be walked and how long it can be left alone. There are penalities for dog barking that disturbs neighbors and keeping a dog in a kennel at night or while you are at work is a no no too. Needless to say, there will be no dog for us while living in Germany.</p>

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<p>I think it’s cruel to “fix” pets when we could be providing them with condoms.</p>