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By now most people have viewed one of the tear jerking commercials that call for donations for abandoned, neglected and abused animals. The little critters depicted in the commercials are just a sampling of what the folks on the TV series Animal Cops run into every day in their careers. Far too often, a typical rescue involves riskily approaching, befriending, and cuddling a frightened "chained" or in some way, bound animal.

Sorry, it sickens me to see what grown human beings are capable of doing to defenseless creatures who are always willing and desirous to please their owners.

The reality about making a law pertaining to anything about pets, means we have to consider every scenario when that law is drawn up. Each person's situation is different, so it would be impossible to make a "just" law that prevailed for the good of every pet. I mean think about it? It's like saying, "everyone in the room where a murder took place would have to be charged with murder." It's beyond the scope of sensibility.

We live in the country. Our eighty plus year old neighbor lady adopted a little poodle, and her driveway is right off the highway. I know this lady would do anything for the dog's happiness. Yet, when her dog needs to take care of business, she gently carries her friend to the middle of the yard and attaches her to a chain long enough for her to do her thing. When finished, the dog is back in the lady's home, loving and being loved. In this scenario, there is absolutely no cruelty involved, in fact just the opposite is true. We mow the ladies yard for her and one day she explained; although the pup rarely leaves her side when they are outside, she worries one day, a bird or something could attract the little dog's attention and draw her out into the highway. She, being over eighty years old, could never "run" after her to keep her from harms way of passing traffic.

That scenario is a picture of kind and humane "chaining" of a dog, where outlawing it would be harmful and senseless. This is the problem with laws, and law makers. No matter how much good the lawmaker(s) may be trying to invoke, the case will always be, they can not know or predict every situation. I can see it now. The law that started out being "it is illegal to chain up animals outdoors," would turn into a hundred page legalistic blur of, "ifs" and "certain situations," which in turn, would amount to coagulated loopholes, giving real abusers dozens of escape clauses from their deserved punishment.

No, it's

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