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Originally Posted by yorkiepuppie  honestly, it's not that i don't think we should pick apart things and make sure we have our facts right. the reason i was trying to say that it wasn't important earlier is because i do think that a lot of us DO have similar beliefs and might just be arguing over technicality and missing the issue that the OP had intended to address.
i think that getting our facts straight is important, but i think what's even MORE important is that whenever someone is trying to bring attention to animal welfare, i really rather that we support them as oppose to tearing apart what they are saying and argue over the 'technicality' instead of the core issue that was intended. but perhaps we are all reading and interpreting the article differently and therefore we are all focusing on different things. |
I do understand the author's intent but was really thrown off by how she backed up her opening statement. Maybe I'm a stickler for details, but I feel it's important to be accurate, especially on this issue. Mis-information will never bring about effective solutions. I think it's a good thing that we all focus on different things. It can lead to a better understanding. Pet over-population is a complex issue and needs to be broken down to see different aspects clearly. No matter how each of us looks at it, in the end, it's all about the dogs and that is one thing we should all focus on. We're all they have and they deserve our best efforts.