Letter to the Editor - Dr. Steve Rosen speaks out

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Our friend, Dr. Steve Rosen, wrote a letter to the Sun Sentinel editor.  Although this election does not affect us here, following is his letter:

I would strongly advise voters in Florida's 34th Senate district to support Maria Sachs for re-election over Ellyn Bogdanoff. In 2012, then Sen. Bogdanoff, at the behest of a local dog groomer, added Amendment 303390 to an agriculture bill that lifted a 40-year ban on the artificial coloring of animals.

The animals affected by this included chicks, ducks, rabbits, turtles as well as dogs whose owners colored their coats to win contests.

The coloring led to their sales as presents for small children who were not mature enough to handle them. As soon as the children lost interest, the animals were often taken to places like the Wildlife Care Center, or simply dumped outdoors to fend for themselves — which meant starvation or being eaten by predators. Often the animals were abused by small children and showed up at rescues with broken bones. Fortunately, we were able to reinstate this ban with the help of Maria Sachs.

This is the legacy of Ellyn Bogdanoff. If you believe her empty promises about prison reform, non-violent offenders and other talking points she spouts to win election, consider the words of the philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer:

"Compassion towards animals is essentially bound up with goodness of character. Whoever is cruel to them cannot be good to men."

Dr. Steve Rosen, Davie