Last weekend when I was surfing the web for ideas to expand into a column, I ran across the following editorial written by Penny Eims (examiner.com). This heartfelt piece of writing appears at many websites, but perhaps you haven’t read it. CAPS dedicates this to all the dogs whose lives were ended in the recent desert killings. “I am a dog. I am a living, breathing animal. I feel pain, joy, love, fear and pleasure. “I am not a thing. If I am hit – I will bruise, I will bleed, I will break. I will feel pain. I am …

