Kiwis `a callous lot' towards domestic animals From: The Nelson Mail | Date: January 7, 2008 | Copyright 2008 The Nelson Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Sir, As a nation that likes to think we are modern and sophisticated, it is sad to see the way we treat our domestic animals.

From sow crates and battery chooks to household "pets'' we can be a pretty callous lot on the whole.

We spend big bucks saving endangered species (after having made them endangered in the first place).

However, when it comes to domestic animals we have, through selective breeding, made them dependent on us, therefore creating a duty of care.

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