Nor is Taco Bell hiring
Migration from California has pretty much ceased to be news — with the following exception:
There is an unwanted phenomenon happening in California, and Arizona is being pegged to clean up the mess: Chihuahuas — lots of them.
California is seeing an influx of chihuahuas popping up at animal shelters, and it’s becoming too much for the state to handle. Rather than take these unwanted pooches out back, and deal with them Old Yeller style, California shelters are pawning these rat-dogs off on the Grand Canyon State.
The shelters blame Hollywood generally, and one person particularly:
Shelter officials are associating the rise in the abandoned pooches to celebutards like Paris Hilton, who popularized use of animals as fashion accessories. When the reality of having to care for the dogs kicked in, it proved to be too much for a lot of wanna-be heiresses, and they dropped the quivering canines off at animal shelters.
It doesn’t help, I suggest, that LFDs (this means pretty much what you think it does) are classified by the American Kennel Club and its ilk as “toys.”
(Via Coyote Blog. I’m sure there’s a joke there somewhere.)
fillyjonk »
10 December 2009 · 7:36 am
So, somewhere in the world, they’re gonna start selling rats as pets, but they’re going to turn out to actually be Chihuahuas.
Kirk »
10 December 2009 · 8:36 am
I’ve known rats that were nicer than most Chihuahuas….
McGehee »
10 December 2009 · 11:49 am
The rats-vs.chihuahuas comments led me to remembering the “Kentucky Fried Rat” urban legend.
I think it’s time the Colonel brought back the complete spelling of his brand…
fillyjonk »
10 December 2009 · 1:16 pm
I want a drumstick…oh, wait, why are there four in this bucket?
Jeffro »
10 December 2009 · 8:18 pm
LFD. Yep, that works. Really, really well.
J.S.Bridges »
10 December 2009 · 10:24 pm
Hmmm…
Linked story says the CA shelters have trucked about 100 of the critters over to AZ. My question would be: What did they ship in the rest of the pickup truck?
Also – I’ve been to AZ; trust me, that volume of doggage wouldn’t even make a serious space problem in just ONE of AZ’s many, many ravines.
Though it WOULD make for a lot of pretty shrill noise…