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Show Animals have rights too Dear Editor This article is in regards to Nadine Dixon's scathing editorial today regarding animal defenders. All life is important and deserves respect. I have educated myself over the past 13 years by reading everything from research, trapping, hunting, factory farming and all involvements in-volvements using animals. There is no subterfuge involved, except in Nadine's mind. The best medicine for ignorance is knowledge. Try it. You'll like it. Animals were not created for us to torture and kill. Using animals for human research is futile. Human studies should be used instead. Killing Kill-ing animals for their fur is selfish and unconscionable. Killing for any reason except self-defense or star vation is murder. The Humane Society of the United States has made connections between many prisoners on death row and cruelties to animals in their younger years. Harming any living being kills the human spirit and desensitizes. Why defend cruelty, Nadine? Put yourself in the animals place, and you'll always do the right thing. I have never known anyone who : defended animals that didn't have pets. We have a houseful and love them all. People that love animals, also love people. We were all created by God. We're supposed to share the earth, : not exploit it. Leigh Engelbrecht Bountiful 4 h j |
