Animal rights activists protested yesterday outside the opening day of Crufts in Birmingham. Once of a day the famous dog show had a remarkable reputation and the Kennel Club likewise. But people from various organisations, as I stated in a blog post last week, have been worried for some time.
The competition this year will not be televised by the BBC, who dropped the show in 2008 out of concern for the animals competing. The Kennel Club, who regulates Crufts, has also been accused of allowing dogs to 'wither genetically' and protesters yesterday held placards saying 'Hitler would be proud.'
This was down to the argument that dog breeders are performing a Nazi-esque canine type of ethnic cleansing on dogs. Poorva Joshpura of Peta said "Whether you call it 'pedigree' or 'master race', the quest for pure bloodlines is the same thing - the false and dangerous belief that some breeds or races are superior to others."
Whether or not you agree with her choice of analogy, you have to admit that it's about time man's best friend was treated as such.
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