Legislating biology
In the Great State of Kansas, teaching evolution was optional for a couple of years recently, and now they’re trying to worm creationism into the curriculum as Intelligent Design.
With that sort of commitment to the biological sciences, is it any wonder that greyhounds are legally not dogs there?
That reminds me of the "17th century Pope declares capybara fish" urban legend (which veracity i have yet been unable to determine).
Posted by rone on March 18 2005 13:52
Hmm. ``An officer of Grey2K, a national organization whose sole purpose is to abolish greyhound racing nationwide, testified that the NGA and the State of Kansas did not consider greyhounds to be dogs. Inexplicably, some media reported this as a fact. In truth, neither the NGA nor the State of Kansas has ever made the ridiculous claim that greyhounds are not dogs. The activist’s statement was immediately corrected by NGA Executive Director Gary Guccione. In his testimony, Guccione noted that greyhounds are defined in the Kansas Pet Act as "a breed of dog properly registered with the National Greyhound Association of Abilene, Kansas." Guccione then stated that the NGA and the State of Kansas did not consider greyhounds to be pets under that law, in the same way that horses bred for racing were not considered as pets.''
http://www.mysan.de/article57813.html
Posted by rone on March 18 2005 14:03