The way animals are treated can always tell you something about a society

Sorry doggies, water for you only. No beer.

Water for dogs. I found this outside of a pub in York.

Water bowls for dogs are a common sight here. Outside shops, pubs… People bring their dogs to pubs, gigs, book club meetings… I’ve met quite a number of doggies when we had cycling races in Otley last month. And of course I meet people going out walking their dogs on a daily basis.

Not long ago I read a post on fb in one of our local Otley groups about an injured cat being rescued and taken to the vet and the person who wrote that post was asking if anyone knew the owner of that poor cat. There’s another post about a mother duck and her ducklings walking in our neighbourhood and people, especially drivers, were asked to watch out for them.

And there’s this banner:

Advice about what constitutes a healthy diet to the birds there. No bread, please.

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