Wag the Dog

“I’m doing this so that one seat in the City Council will be for the animals. They live with us, we love them, they have rights too.” Payam Mohebi is a veterinarian running for city council in Tehran. One of his goals is to provide relief for people who want to take their dogs for a walk (“But in Iran, where the ruling clerics consider dogs impure, taking one for a walk risks the arrest of the owner and the seizure, and possible extermination, of the animal.”) From the NYT: Risking 60 Lashes, Iranian Runs for Office So He Can Walk a Dog.

+ You’re lucky enough to be able to walk your dog. But should you jog with him? (If my dogs saw me jog, they’d assume there was a fire or some other danger nearby.)