[117664] in Cypherpunks
Re: how many laws have you broken today?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Wed Sep 8 11:38:33 1999
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 08:21:26 -0700
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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At 10:26 PM -0700 1999-09-07, Bill Stewart wrote:
>At 08:02 PM 8/30/99 -0400, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
>>What's this thing about ferrets in Kalifornika? Why are they "illegals" ?
>
>It seems that California considers animals to either be
>livestock, pets, or wild. You can't keep wild animals as pets or livestock.
>You can keep livestock as pets, in some places, generally not in cities.
>You can try herding cats, but you're not allowed to eat pets.
>Horses are pets - you're especially not allowed to eat them.
>
"Pets" is no longer an acceptable name in Commiefornia. Not sure if it's
actually a violation of the Hate Crime laws to refer to four-legged
citizens as "pets," but it soon will be.
The name now preferred is:
"companion animals"
Pet food companies are attempting to deal with the name change. Vets are
already changing their signs and advertising to become compliant.
What to do about the meat content of companion animal food is another
worry...they have until 2002 to get the meat products out and replace them
with government-approved wholesome vegetable products. The blind cats are
going to love that one.
--Tim May
Don't tread on me.
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