Into this fecund garden, the administrators place animals, then they amass records and plans of the palace, "rebuilding" it digitally.
Though well-intentioned, these efforts place animals in North America at risk for foreign strains of disease.
The dog rescue agency tries to place animals at shelters or still in their owner's homes with people who call the organization looking for a particular breed.
Like Lewis Carroll's Red Queen, who must constantly run "just to keep in the same place," animals and their parasites are kept in an ever-accelerating state of evolutionary motion in trying to outpace one another.
"We know there are many animals produced for racing, and that the industry does not have sanctuaries or shelters to place animals that are no longer useful to them on the racetrack," said Wayne Pacelle, senior vice president of the Humane Society of the United States.
Perpetuated by zoo exhibits that place animals in a fishbowl, circus acts forcing highly unnatural behaviors, and media that treat animals as stylish accessories, the exploitation of animals has become normalized and encouraged.
