[jims69camaro]

not in Costa Rica. they don't eat dogs there. while there are a bunch of "town" dogs, those that just about everyone who passes through the town square has a hand in feeding, playing with, etc., i have never seen that kind of abuse in Costa Rica - ever.

i got a note from one of the board members talking about the petition, and i just wanted to let everyone know, as it doesn't say so in english, that further down the page in spanish it's written, "Murió en la galería no se le dio alimento", which in english means "he died in the gallery because [they] did not feed him"... so, the petition is dead, as is the dog.

we can take strides to make sure that this doesn't happen in our neck of the woods. trying to affect something in Costa Rica without actually being there is fairly impossible. i know people from Costa Rica, have visited several times on extended vacations, and i have to tell you that i find it incredible that a Costa Rican did this, or allowed this to happen, to an animal. they are very compassionate people, the kindest, gentlest people you could ever know. many Costa Ricans have dogs as pets and they are treated as part of the family, as a whole. while it may be that in certain regions something like this was allowed to happen, i can assure you that it is the exception - not the rule.

it breaks my heart to see things like this. it makes me even more determined to make sure that animals are treated fairly here in the US. make it your mission to make sure it doesn't happen anywhere that you can control it. if one person can affect one other person, then things have a way of picking up exponentially...