...or so you might believe from this most-magnificent headline and image. I do apologize for having such a short diary, but this item is just too wonderful to be lost in an open thread. The image I'm posting is a screen grab from The Bay City Times about a precedent-setting case in which a state judge has rejected the argument that "a dead dog is not an animal and therefore cannot be violated against its will."
I blame BoingBoingfor inspiration, but the happy chance of image and headline is a gift from Above.