Let's face it, those damn dogs are worthless to the American people! We need George to have pets that know what to do when their owner collapses into a dead faint!!! I suggest we all chip in (except Doug of course and some of the Loopy types) and get George some pets that will make us happy.......I think these lizards are available now and they seem to have the "right stuff!"

Pet Lizards Eat Man
From AP
18jan02

DOVER, Delaware: Several flesh-eating pet lizards were found feasting on the corpse of their owner in his US apartment, police have said.

Police were called to Ronald Huff's apartment in Newark, Delaware, after a relative became worried because Huff failed to show up for work, investigators said.

Officers found Huff's body on the floor, with his pet Nile monitor lizards feeding on his flesh. The state medical examiner is investigating the cause of death.

Huff, 42, had last been seen on Sunday, New Castle County police said.

Workers with the Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recovered seven lizards, the largest over 1.8 metres long and weighing 11.34 kg.

"They're alive and well," said SPCA director John Caldwell. He added that one of the reptiles recovered was acting aggressively, "actually going toward you, mouth open".

Caldwell said the lizards have small but very sharp teeth and muscular, whip-like tails that can seriously injure a person. In the wild, they eat eggs, birds and other animals, he said.

"In captivity, we feed them raw chicken and liver. You can also feed them hard-boiled eggs," he said.

The lizards are considered exotic pets in Delaware and cannot be acquired without a permit from the state Department of Agriculture.

State veterinarian Dr HW Towers said the department stopped issuing such permits for New Castle County residents in 1997 after the county passed an ordinance to stop the proliferation of exotic pets.

Okay Gang---Cough up some bucks to send these lizards to George!!!!

Spaw