I can see Dubya and Shotgun Dick in the Offal Office in the Writhe House throwing darts at the Master Plan to Destroy the Planet to determine which new fruitcake rollback they will implement next.

Darts Vaders, stars of Scar Wars.

Follow the money.

It is just a matter of time before we all have a serious discussion about which species count, which species deserve consideration, on the one hand, and which species are expendible and fluff, on the other.

The majority -- the ever-increasing majority, apparently, to judge from the ever greater rates of carnivory in Asia -- seem to think that at present, only human beings count.

So I guess I have been wrong to hope that we are evolving, morally, toward an attitude of greater compassion and fairness.

Don't worry Canis. I'm sure, when it comes to it, we'll start eating each other before we turn our attention to leaves and maggots and other less savory fare.