From another list....... Remember the chart that showed how one animal can, over a lifetime, be responsible for the producing of a zillion others ...? Picture this: Professor at Swanky U, Veterinary Sciences Division: "Welcome to the study of the effects of Mandatory Spay and Neuter, 101. Please have a seat." Eager, attentive students file in and sit sit down. In front of them is a whiteboard on which is written two numbers, separated by a date. Professor: "You''ll want to take careful notes of this lecture, as it can be very difficult to follow. On the board here you see two numbers and a date. The first number is 100,000,000. It is used to loosely represent the number of intact cats and dogs BEFORE this date: XX/XX/20XX. That date represents the date that the worldwide mandatory spay and neuter laws went into effect all over the United States. The last number is zero. It is how many dogs and cats were produced AFTER that date." Thank you for attending this class. On your way out you will find a list of alternate careers, because this one is now obsolete. Cheesy, but you get the point--- ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================