Ellen's Snatch

There is a strange occurence in human nature when one gets a little authority. It's called abuse of power. A moral amnesia happens that is rationalized with delusion. This is what happened this week, when Marina Baktis claimed to want to interview the new parents of the pup and instead called the police in to facilitate the snatch. It was dishonest, inappropriate and quite disconcerting to the adopted pup.

Animal rescue volunteers, of which my daughter is one, truly love animals. It is about the animal and not the volunteer's ego; what is best for the dog. Just like foster children, there's alot of stress going from home to home and an interruption in the bonding. How was it beneficial to remove a happy dog from a happy home? Isn't that the ultimate goal? Or is it to satisfy one's ego that they were instrumental in chosing the home? I guess in this case, it's the latter. To add insult to injury, the $25,000 check offered to Baktis' rescue group as incentive to return the dog was turned down. Please inform me how someone who lives to help animals can explain this one. Think of all the dogs that would escape death in the shelters and could be fed from this, and for how long.

Maybe every once in a while, we should all clarify our agendas in life to make sure we are all on the right track in the work that we do. Are we all following rules blindly regardless of the results? Rules that were made to do some good in the first place.