and-think thing is that dogs stayed with their humans. Inuit, Asian, Polynesian; doesn’t matter, dogs can hunt or scav- enge in order to survive but they are inextricably bonded to humans. Why? No other species on the planet would choose to live with a mortal enemy! Surely you’ve heard that pigs are as intelligent than dogs. “Pigs can often outsmart dogs and are on about the same intellectual level as our closest liv- ing relatives, chimpanzees,” states Dis- covery.com. Most dog owners would refute that ridiculous television show shocker, but let’s think a little deeper. If pigs are smarter than dogs, they must know we eat them. Is that why pigs refuse to be our best friend? Chimps? Indeed, they are intelligent enough to know what we do to them and never willingly stay with us. If not fed, every species on the planet will absolutely, without a second thought, desert us if given the opportu- nity. All but one. Your dog will starve right along with you. Perhaps there is a deeper meaning in the chimp-pig- dog comparison? Absolutely! Whether you ascribe to evolution or creation, of all the species on the planet, only dogs are born with the uncanny desire to bond with and to serve mankind. Think about that. We humans betray and even murder each other over a trifle. Dogs are different. Only the dog is superbly, unchang- ingly loyal to the person it loves. Only the dog will face heavy artillery, bombs and imminent death and even when un- tethered, he will not desert his human partner. 2 Beat him, starve him, ignore him. The dog is still there to comfort his human, to kiss the hand that just beat him, to travel a thousand miles to find his person, and in the end, to lay by the coffin or on the grave of his master. Dogs are “different” than any other species. 3 Dog lovers know that and we talk about it amongst ourselves. Now tell someone you know. But before you do, be sure you read “How Dogs Changed Human Evolution”. 4 REFERENCES 1. www.thedogpress.com/Columns/eating- dogs-impacted-by-rabies-scare_Starr-149.asp 2. www.thedogpress.com/SideEffects/Modern- War-Dogs-128.asp 3. www.thedogplace.org/dogs-are-different-a- 2016-reader-conversation-andrews.asp 4. www.thedogplace.org/Genetics/Dogs- Changed-Evolution_Andrews-08.asp
Spanish cave painting of a hunter and dog.
“WHETHER YOU ASCRIBE TO EVOLUTION OR CREATION, OF ALL THE SPECIES ON THE PLANET, ONLY DOGS ARE BORN WITH THE UNCANNY DESIRE TO BOND WITH AND TO SERVE MANKIND.”
“An early cave painting in Libya of dogs chasing a deer in the Akakus Mountains.” (photo courtesy of dailymail.co.uk; © Alamy)
Are you beginning to understand something that is so big that it’s hard to get a hold on it? Dog meat has been a source of food since the time of Confucius, and possi- bly even before. Dogs are still eaten in the Asian and Arctic regions and prior to this century, by Native Americans. That is not coincidence. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that Asian people migrated out of Mongolia into
Russia, crossed over the land bridge into Alaska, then Canada and following the sun, moved on down into what is now the United States. The substantial physi- cal evidence that Native Americans are descended from those early Asian peo- ple explains why the first Americans kept dogs as hunting companions, chil- dren’s pets and when starving, as food. So get over the shock that human beings eat their dogs. The sit-down-
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