Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's another thing entirely - and gets back to people and their relationships with 'companion' animals. People have been doing the same thing in nursing homes for some time.... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 7:22 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Slides the cat has gone to kitty heaven One of the radiation therapy instructors at the college trains dogs to be "therapy dogs" (she usually uses shih tzus). It is remarkable how those dogs can bring relief to people suffering from cancer than no drug can bring. The folks in the hospice cannot wait for the visits, and don't want to let the dogs go. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 6:15 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Slides the cat has gone to kitty heaven That,I'm sorry to say, is pretty much a pile of crap - It's actually the other way around in terms of allot of the expensive treatments given to pets - they're modified from humans. Yes, animal experimentation - not treatments for Tabby and Rex - advance human medical care..... -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Eric Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:57 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: Slides the cat has gone to kitty heaven Sam: >I implied the $5000 pet operation is >immoral because it's being spent on a beast rather than a human being. Much of the expensive pet therapy drives our understanding of what we can do to humans. Some vets are actually at the cutting edge of new surgical techniques. Fido's exotic $5000 surgery may seem immoral to you. Fluffy's $6000 gene therapy may seem immoral to you. When one of your human loved ones has something similar in another 10 years, maybe it won't seem too immoral any more. If it's your money, you can decide how to spend it. If it's not, you can't. :) -- Eric http://canid.com/ _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information