Erin brought home a puppy that was abandoned outside the apartment complex, literally thrown out of a car. Of course, it’s a puppy so it’s cute so we wanted to keep it but that’s not practical at this time knowing we plan to leave the US in the next few years. So we took it out to the Wichita Animal Shelter and they wanted to put her down rather than try to put her up for adoption because she is a pit-bull cross breed. What’s even more disturbing is the way the woman at reception impassively told us she would be put down. Of course we couldn’t in good conscience leave the puppy there to be murdered (that’s what I call it) so we took her home with us again. Because pit-bulls are considered dangerous animals in the US of A, they won’t be placed up for adoption by shelters. Our next stop would have been the humane society in the hope they would take her and put her up for adoption, but luckily we found someone to give her a good home so it all ended well. It’s not the breed that vicious, it’s the way they are trained; I know that pit-bulls were originally bred as fighting dogs but branding them vicious by default is as callous as the people that make these dogs fight to the death! At least it ended well; she’s gone to a good home!
Back home in the UK; the government has seen sense and are allowing upto 36,000 Gurkhas apply for residency in the United Kingdom. This has been an ongoing battle between the UK government and the Gurkhas represented by actress Joanna Lumley. The Gurkhas are Nepalese nationals serving the British army predominately during World War II. This was one of my soapbox issues in recent years because these men are good enough to die for the United Kingdom but not good enough to live in the United Kingdom. I consider this is be fundamentally unfair; let them live in the UK if they please; we the British public owe them a debt of gratitude! Of all the immigrants that want to come live in the UK; the Gurkhas should have more of a right than any other immigrant; frankly they should be given the same respect and rights as other military veterans. Well done to the Labour party for finally realising this and doing the correct thing; it’s just a shame that the Gurkhas had to fight so hard for this right to live in Great Britain!
