When the AR
came for the unlicensed puppy mills,
I remained silent;
I was not an unlicensed puppy mill.
When they confiscated dogs from those who had one too many for their local ordinances,
I remained silent;
I was not over my local limit of dogs.
When they came for the Pit Bulls similar breeds,
I did not speak out;
I was not an owner of a Bully breed.
When they came for the Commercial Breeders,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Commercial Breeder.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
Poem adapted by Jennifer Hecker, (because it so accurately describes the scenario that is playing out in today's Dog Fancy) from the famous Poem about the Holocaust, "First they came…" a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemoller, about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.
I remained silent;
I was not an unlicensed puppy mill.
When they confiscated dogs from those who had one too many for their local ordinances,
I remained silent;
I was not over my local limit of dogs.
When they came for the Pit Bulls similar breeds,
I did not speak out;
I was not an owner of a Bully breed.
When they came for the Commercial Breeders,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Commercial Breeder.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
Poem adapted by Jennifer Hecker, (because it so accurately describes the scenario that is playing out in today's Dog Fancy) from the famous Poem about the Holocaust, "First they came…" a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemoller, about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.