Perhaps. But it is a fact and it is usually the news headline (not in America or Europe, of course) when animal rights activists crash with those dog eaters.  While half of the article is about dog-as-pet,  we have the duly to tell the readers about the "dark side" of the dog-human interaction.  It is sad, you can rewrite the paragraph but you cannot simply delete it and ignore this fact. Sorry. - 06:40, 7 Aug 2003 (UTC)