[AxelPaulsenJr]

Such rules are ridiculous and blur the distinction between human and animal.Not to mention demeaning the citizen by placing him on the same legal level as the overseer's horse.

Well, we are each entitled to his own opinion, and I disagree with yours.

[hoosierham]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident:that all men are created equal..."

We didn't declare all men and those animals owned by the State to be equal;nor did corporations come to be defined as a person before the law until many years later despite companies and corporations long record of existence.

I believe that which reduces the special status of living humans relative to anything else is a serious mistake. I do not advocate abuse of animals,either.