Humans not the big dog when it comes to eliciting sympathy

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Humans not the big dog when it comes to eliciting sympathy

by Burt Constable

We do stories every week about a few dozen innocent Iraqi men, women and children who are killed in some explosion or attack -- and about our military people who give their lives and limbs to our war efforts.

We also write about tragic murders, fatal accidents and sad cases of people who die too soon from heart attacks, cancer or childhood diseases.

Readers generally digest those stories (or maybe skip right over them) and move on with their busy lives. But when we write about a dead dog, it seems as if every reader must have his say ...

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=166957

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