Recently, professional athletes are using Twitter to unload their family pets.
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Kendrick Perkins (basketball), Anthony Davis
(football) and Isaiah Stanback (football) all posted the desire to sell their
dogs on Twitter, and at least Perkins and Davis sold their family pet in under
an hour with the requirement by Davis to "Just don't be mean to him".
As I am willing to defer to the professionals in sports, I would
ask that they, in turn, let me and other credentialed professionals find
unwanted pets new homes. Notwithstanding the difference between merely getting
rid of a pet to the first bidder and actually finding a pet a new home-(The
former accepts the tweet for the highest bid while the latter searches, screens
and tries to assess compatibility with the family)- there are darker issues at
play here. Is the allure of the pet the fact that is belongs to a famous
athlete? Is the intention to re-tweet and resell to the highest bidder? What is
the effect on the dog who must travel, and readjust to new surroundings. Is
this the message that pro athletes, often viewed as role models, want to convey
to our youth about commitment and responsibility?
I would advise these athletes and those that will imitate them
to turn their pets over to a local humane society or spca with a donation
sufficient to ensure their well-being while they wait for a new family.
While it is certainly possible that a good home may be found
using Twitter. gambling with a pets' life is not the game these athletes should
be playing.
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