"Pick Me" by Artist Suzanne Lowry

I must admit that my first reaction to the name of this show was replusion. After reading the details, I had visions of bloody carcusses and body parts splashed across large canvases in an effort to shock and disgust. Then I viewed the oart from the origianl show in Pennsylvania, and sae the point made in a more humane and persuasive way. Several days a week, my husband takes our three year old grandoughter to the mall to see the puppies at the pet store., because she is completely fascinated by them. Since her Daddy has allergies, she just temporarily "adopts" a dog whenever she finds one, and follows him or her around all day with no expectations of bringing one home. With a new found knowledge of the policies followed by most mill breeders, I now question the fate of the "unchosen". It is a well known fact that some prisoners in concentration camps were spared because they had desirable skills. Do puppies somehow feel the desparate need to be one of the chosen ones? Artist Suzanne Lowry of Swansea, Illinois