Pets and environmental impacts

"Companion Animals" aka pets are a welcome addition to millions of households world wide.

Googled "environmental impacts of pets" and found this article

http://www.myspace.com/seeloveverywhere/blog/516600469

which is pretty thorough, in terms of identifying the areas impacted by pet ownership.

(Food, shampoo, toys for pets, pet poop, etc. etc. etc.)

And a book "Time to Eat the Dog?: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living" 

Which, if one can wade through it, is a serious attempt to quantify impacts of pets.

I get along great with pets and kids and have ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE for any...

Pets are the outcome of domestication of animals altogether, 

our brilliant neolithic predecessors finding animal "husbandry" a useful addition to the tribe.

*(evidence for dog domestication is certain at 7000bc, and may be as much as 30,000 years ago!)

These days it seems natural to enjoy the company of other species, even while suspending our disbelief, 

since the pleasing behaviors we find in pets are behaviors we've bred into them.

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FRISH

The best pics ever...

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/earth-from-space-1320348799-slideshow/nasa-handout-photo-shows-earths-airglow-seen-oblique-photo-181358986.html

These are all cool...my interest probably stems from many early mornings watching Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo liftoffs with my father...

Shot number 7 is like, beyond the outer limits...

Gotta love the internet...

("There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits.")

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FRISH