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Because I am a dog

2/13/2022

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The version of "First they came.." doing the rounds on facebook comparing Norways ban on breeding bulldogs and Cavaliers to Nazi Germany.
Ironic that dog purebreeding is grounded on Eugenics, which Hitler based his breeding program on, using incest and forced matings as part of the program. Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf, “Everything we admire on this earth today—science and art, technology and inventions—is only the creative product of a few peoples and originally perhaps one race [the “Aryans”]. On them depends the existence of this whole culture. If they perish, the beauty of this earth will sink into the grave with them.” They believed, according to historian Richard Evans, that "the strong and the racially pure had to be encouraged to have more children, the weak and the racially impure had to be neutralized by one means or another." 
Just a few tweaks, "Everything we admire about dogs today docked ear and docked tail, brachycephaly and heart disease is only the creative product of a few dogs and originally one breed (purebreeds). On them depends the existence of this whole dog culture. If they perish, the beauty of the dog will sink into the grave with them." and "the purebred had to be encouraged to have more puppies, the crossbred and mongrels had to be neutralized by one means or another." Mein Kampf starts sounding very much like a purebreeding handbook. If you are going to use comparisons to Nazi Germany you need to make sure you are not living in a glass house.
I have wrote below a response to thinking they could compare Nazi Germany with the Norway BANS British bulldogs and Cavalier King Charles using the poem "First they came..." I have wrote it from the dog's perspective, which is often forgotten when the word breed is added. 

Because I am dog

First they cropped my ears, no one spoke out
Because they said, "I am their breed" 
Then they cut off my tail, no one spoke out
Because they said, "I am their breed"
Then they bred away my snout, no one spoke out
Because they said,  "I am their breed"
Then I could not breath, and many spoke out
Because I am a dog
1 Comment
CAROLINE BERRY
2/13/2022 08:41:39 am

Well said from the dog’s perspective - healthy and happy dogs rather than a conformity to what some human’s want..

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