Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Huckleberries Online

PETA Targets Bullhooks This Time

ORG XMIT: ORROS101 FILE - This March 21, 2009 file photo shows elephants washing vehicles at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore., as trainer Timothy Hamilton holds a device called a bullhook.  Representatives from People from the Ethical Treatment of Animals object to the use of the bullhooks, saying they force animals to act under the threat of pain. (AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak) (Robin Loznak / The Spokesman-Review)
ORG XMIT: ORROS101 FILE - This March 21, 2009 file photo shows elephants washing vehicles at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore., as trainer Timothy Hamilton holds a device called a bullhook. Representatives from People from the Ethical Treatment of Animals object to the use of the bullhooks, saying they force animals to act under the threat of pain. (AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak) (Robin Loznak / The Spokesman-Review)

This March 21, 2009, file photo shows elephants washing vehicles at Wildlife Safari in Winston, Ore., as trainer Timothy Hamilton holds a device called a bullhook. Representatives from People from the Ethical Treatment of Animals object to the use of the bullhooks, saying they force animals to act under the threat of pain. (AP Photo/The News-Review, Robin Loznak)

Question: Most of us know that PETA members are a few dancing bears short of a circus act. But I'll play along. Do you think there's a problem here?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

Follow Dave online: