So none of us have any reason to assume anything as any story is as believable as any other.

Which means that there is no reason to "buy into" any of the panic.

There's no proof that there aren't UFO's and I'm not worried about them either.

My comments bout the food (if you would care to read that part too) satisfy me that there was no abuse.

In the pictures there is no indication that the dog is trying to get at any food.

Bit like what was said earlier in this thread about dogs being happy where there is food?...

If in london, under the bridge, there is a man sodomizing a goat then that would be very upsetting and I would condemn it.

And if in Nicaragua there was a man abusing a dog then that is bad too.

But there is no information or evidence apart from the speculation and conjecture of an animal rights group that this has happened.

The dog in the picture isn't trying to get to the food.

That's not conclusive but it's the best evidence we have.