By pets, we are referring mostly to cats and dogs. Sure, Over and over we are hearing from people who failed What are we to make of this selective zoophilia? That Throughout the Britain-sized disaster area, millions Disasters rip the gloss and window dressing from the bare bones of the daily lives of regular people. One more aspect of the American reality, which many of us suspected or intuitively appreciated, is the depth of feeling in this … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/ccatrina.jpg\")
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\n rip the gloss and window dressing from the bare bones of the daily lives
\n of regular people. One more aspect
\n of the American reality, which many of us suspected or intuitively appreciated,
\n is the depth
\n of feeling in this country for our pets<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n we know people who keep ‘gators, constrictors, black widows and weird,
\n inter-species blends, but your average American family has dogs or cats,
\n or both. The thing we have always suspected, and which is being bourne
\n out by Katrina, is that millions of people care more for their pets than
\n for the human members of their families. In some cases, more than
\n they care for their own safety.<\/p>\n
\n to evacuate that they did not do so because they couldn’t abandon their
\n pets. Folks
\n on their roofs, with their dogs. Throwback swamp dwellers, holed
\n up with a shotgun and a trusty hunting dog. Old ladies trapped in attics
\n with their cats, still fine because they bought
\n water
\n and cat
\n food before
\n the storm hit. It seems obvious that most of the humans who remain in
\n the doomed city are there because they refused to leave their pets. Many
\n of them will die before they leave their animals, knowing that they would
\n be leaving them to a slow and agonizing death.<\/p>\n
\n humans still need to live with and learn from some others from among
\n God’s creations? That in these perfidious times, the constancy and loyalty
\n of a true friend are invaluable, even though that friend be canine or
\n feline? That Americans are pathetic losers with such deficient social
\n skills that they talk mostly with dumb animals who can’t talk back?<\/p>\n
\n of pets are suffering tonight, abandoned, starving, sick, wounded, and
\n millions
\n of children<\/a> and adults are missing or mourning their pets. Some
\n of them have regressed to feral pack behavior, and will eventually have
\n to be shot, and some of their pets as well. We understand some
\n animal protection groups<\/a> are trying to rescue pets and reunite them
\n with their owners. Good luck to them, and God bless the bayous.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"