Woman faces fine for pink poodle

(http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15559998/detail.html#)

Let’s look at some key parts of this story.

Now, the reporter give the following subtitle:

Dog Colored To Help Raise Breast Cancer Awareness

Then there is:

The salon owner said she has used beet juice — and occasionally Kool-Aid — for four years now to “stain” her dog.

and

Officials at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley told the Daily Camera Douglas was warned several times before she was issued the ticket on March 1.

Why?

Douglas is accused of violating the city’s code that says “No person shall dye or color live fowl, rabbits, or any other animals.” It’s a code meant to keep people from dyeing rabbits and chicks at Easter.

Done and done. I think this is a good law. We don’t need blue and orange goldn retrievers to celebrate the Denver Broncos, do we? No. In other words, you can’t dye your pet for your cause; people can do still really stupid things with “good intentions.” Why couldn’t you have made a big pink ribbon for the poodle?”

Unless you are using your dog as a pawn in a carefully-planned media chess match. Is this a case of civil disobedience to get some media attention?

Douglas told 7News on Monday night that she planned on putting the attention she has received from getting the ticket to good use by raising money for breast cancer research.

MC Spanky McGee

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