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Originally Posted by Yellow band
Yeah! Like Dairy and the antibiotics. Uugh. I get accused of doing the preachy thing when I start to point this stuff out.
People, in general, prefer denial.
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Yup- and our generation dealt with DES and it being put into prenatal vitamins given to all pregnant women by ob/gyns! Gee, and I developed cervical cancer... wonder why!
On another note- Michael Moore being in oakland drew a whole lot of people around here from far and near!
When I took my pooch to the dog park yesterday there were dozens of "new" people there with their dogs. All in groups and talking politics. So, of course I asked about what was going on. They were going to OWS in Oakland and found out about Point Isabel Regional Dog Park (largest in North America).
It was great until most of them allowed their dogs out in the restricted areas on the Bay which is a bird sanctuary for our shore birds. It is posted all over the artea. I was pissed. We have worked so hard to keep the park an off leash area as bird groups have tried to ban dogs entirely from that side of the park. This has been a 3 year battle. We finally got people educated about how dogs disturb nests and their scent blows the area for birds feeding. UGH!!
But, a few of us "regulars" talked to folks and pointed out the signs for the refuge areas and they left those areas with their dogs. No birds were chased or hurt, thankfully and there was no need to call the park rangers. I hope that they pass along the information to other OWS visitors that might take their pooches out there.
I know that some had to have seen the signs and just didn't pay attention. This happens a lot with people that are not from here and take dogs out to get some good exercise while on vacation, etc. That and not picking up after their dogs even though our park organization and the Regional Park Service has bags on posts all over the park and notices posted about owner's responsibilities in the park. Cleaning up after and also managing your dog in terms of any aggression or unsafe behaavior is fully covered under park rules. It is interesting to me that people often times think it is OK to do things like this in other people's "backyards," especially when they are political activist types engaging in protests that reflect a sense of community civil rights for all.
But, it all worked out and it looks like there are more and more people getting involved in the OWS movement.