The September 1 issue of Newsweek has a piece in the Periscope
section, (page 10) headed "Pets: Filing for Fido."
The piece, by Barney Gimbel, focuses on a couple whose two dogs were
shot when they wandered into a neighbor's yard, and an Oregon judge's
groundbreaking ruling allowing the couple to sue not just for the market
value of the dogs but also for "loss of companionship."
Gimbel reports, "In 2000 Tennessee became the first to pass a civil
statute giving a pet owner the right to suffering and punitive damages."




















Just because humans are slow and can't smell or hear
very well doesn't mean they don't possess a primitive
type of intelligence.