Pets can no longer be "owned" in the state of Rhode Island or the cities of Berkeley, California; West Hollywood, California; Boulder, Colorado; Amherst, Massachusetts; Sherwood, Arkansas, or Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. The term used in all laws and ordinances is "guardian," a designation that animal rights groups are pushing for all across the country. Dogs are celebrating the new legal status by peeing on all trees at the periphery of their guardians' property as an expression of solidarity. Cats issued a terse statement saying the acknowledgment of a higher status was long overdue.
December 18, 2002 4:20 AM
