Chamaram-me Safira: Luto contra o abandono

sexta-feira, 18 de setembro de 2009

Luto contra o abandono

Hoje 18 de Setembro é o Dia de Luto contra o Abandono.

Eu, o Nuno, a Safira, o Joel, o Jaime e a Sofia, decidimos após uma longa conversa e algumas lambidelas que iamos deixar a realidade falar por si.

O nosso projecto foi este: demos a volta ao nosso quarteirão (sim um quarteirão apenas) e deixamos que os animais que aqui vivem abandonados falassem por eles mesmos. Este é o resultado...

2 comentários:

Tucha Maria disse...: :(((((((
Sofia e Micas Maria; 20 de setembro de 2009 às 14:19
nadea disse...: Custa tanto.. :(

Que a vossa estrelinha, e a de muitos meninos que andam por aí e que estão na mesma situação que vós, brilhe! Força!; 21 de setembro de 2009 às 02:01

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Dogs Bite: But Balloons And Slippers Are More Dangerous.

Dogs are dangerous. And they are more dangerous to children than to adults. Not as dangerous of course, as kitchen utensils, drapery cords, five-gallon water buckets, horses, or cows. Not nearly as dangerous as playground equipment, swimming pools, skateboards, or bikes. And not remotely as dangerous as family, friends, guns, or cars.

Here’s the reality. Dogs almost never kill people. A child is more likely to die choking on a marble or a balloon, and an adult is more likely to die in a bedroom slipper related accident. Your chances of being killed by a dog are roughly one in 18 million. You are five times more likely to be killed by a bolt of lightning.

The supposed epidemic numbers of dog bites splashed across the media are absurdly inflated by dubious research and by counting bites that don’t actually hurt anyone. Even when dogs do injure people, the vast majority of injuries are at the Band-Aid level.

Dogs enhance the lives of millions more people than even the most inflated estimates of dog-bite victims. Infants who live with dogs have fewer allergies. People with dogs have less cardiovascular disease, better heart attack survival, and fewer backaches, headaches, and flu symptoms. Petting your dog lowers stress and people who live with dogs just plain feel better than people who don’t.

Yet lawmakers, litigators and insurers press for less dog ownership. This must stop. We must maintain perspective. Yes, dogs bite. But even party balloons and bedroom slippers are more dangerous.