Time To Eat The Dog?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Posted by revalbertkang

Written by my own paws - Mercy

Recently, Daddy was fuming. He learned from Mommy that someone had written a book about eating all the pets because it is not ecologically viable to keep them. Mommy had heard this bit of information over the car radio while on the way back from work.

Through the internet, Daddy found the offending book. It was written by Robert and Brenda Vale. The title of the book caused Daddy to roll his eyes a few times. Guess what the title is? Woof and triple woofs. It is 'Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living'.

The title is offensive to Goodness and me too. Why didn't they entitle the book, 'Time to Eat the Cat' or 'Time to Eat Your Children'? Woof and triple woofs!

Anyway, the book is about sustainable living. The whole idea the authors are trying to advocate is for all human beings to cut down on our carbon footprints. They frighten everybody with their 'in-depth' calculations of various natural resources and how these will become totally depleted in the future.

From one book review, a reader is unhappy with what the authors have suggested about keeping pets. They have written that the cheapest or best way to own a dog is to cook one. This is atrocious! How can a cooked dog guard the house and frighten robbers? Can a cooked dog kill rodents and roaches? Can a cooked dog frighten wild feline monsters?

Now basing on their own arguments, you should not buy their book. Let me tell you why! It is not ecologically friendly. Buying their controversial book will create a lot of carbon footprints. Imagine how many trees got to be destroyed in order to make papers for their books. How about all the carbon dioxide produced by the printing press and the manufacturing of printing ink? The trucks, vans and other vehicles used to deliver their books to the stores, etc.

One reader says that he will donate his copy to his local library - "and thus reduce the ecological impact of it having been hypocritically printed on nice glossy paper with in colour with big margins and a shiny laminated cover".

As for Goodness and me, we will just swallow the book and make it a part of our poo poo.

Woof and triple woofs!