Feminism at its best by gorillas!

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Being alone is an impossibility.

Mulled it over,I'm not a "feminist",but I am into "feminism",men can't act like us,why should they,they are men,but of course manners apply.I keep lots of animals,the males act different from the females and visa versa,all I can say is "Viva La Difference",

No one is exactly the same and this goes for men and women. I believe everyone is their own individual and you have to find the right "other(s)" that mesh well with you then, hopefully, you are set. "Feminism" just divides us along with all the other isms that divide people. Unite, people. UNITE!

I have no problem with "uniting".

It would be a sad world without a few good men.

My vote is for lots of good men.

I ask for respect and I also give it.

All together, now?

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Now that's more like it

Mixed breeds are generally healthier because of a higher degree of heterozygosity; a lot of pure-bred dogs are insane and/or fantastically stupid, because they're bred only to look good in a show ring (cocker spaniels and Irish setters being the exemplars of this). Many lines of pure-bred dogs have genetic diseases fixed in their lines that the breeders just accept as 'natural,' because they're so common, and they can't out-cross to get rid of them because then the puppies wouldn't be 'pure-bred.' Examples include deafness in dalmatians, seizures in laboradors, and blindness in collies. Some dog breeds have been selectively bred to such extremes that they can no longer naturally function, and it's seen by the breeders as a feature rather than a bug; for example, American bulldogs have such huge heads that they can no longer naturally give birth, and pugs often require reconstructive surgery just to breathe through their own nasal passages. Border collies are fantastically intelligent, but in a non-sheepherding setting often go functionally insane because of their obsessive herding behavior not having an outlet.
A few breeders of dalmatians, here in California, committed the cardinal sin of outcrossing some of their dogs with (IIrc) pointers, in order to eliminate a urinary problem that ALL other dalmatians have; they were successful, and re-crossing the puppies with other dalmatians for several generations have resulted in dogs that look like dalmatians in every way but are missing the urinary problem, but the dalmatian breeder's club won't accept them as 'pure-bred' dalmatians.

This is true, LKL, because of bad breeders. A responsible breeder does not breed dogs with these defects. Any puppies that have them would be sold strictly as pets with a no breeding clause/required spaying or neutering. You have an entire industry which revolves around breeding dogs for profit so people will breed any dog so long as they can sell the puppies and this is why there are so many dogs with serious illnesses and faults that interfere with their ability to live without pain, like hip dysplasia. However, I disagree that a dog will be higher quality just because it is mixed breed. There are some great pure bred dogs that come from championship stock that have been tested for various genetic illnesses that can compromise the dog's life. Just because a dog is a purebred does not mean it is worse and the ones that are bred by responsible breeders can be the best dogs. However, such dogs are difficult for most people to own as pets, it's just not practical. Then you have a lot of pet quality dogs that have been bred by inexperienced, careless breeders of all kinds. You can bet that many of the so-called purebreds are actually mutts, you just don't realize it because they are sold as purebreds. All kinds of genetic issues can arise in this population.

I think mama gorilla needs a hug poor thing!