Dog Days

When nearly 100 Chinese migrants landed on Canada’s Vancouver Island, there was such an uproar about the influx of “illegal immigrants” that the government is considering deporting all of them back to China. All but one, that is: a dog that accompanied the group on their two-month ocean voyage will likely be allowed to stay. “She’s a very well-mannered, very nice dog,” reported a spokeswoman for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Victoria, though she adds the dog is “kind of frightened, kind of scared, kind of bewildered.” (Reuters) ...Kind of like the immigrants must be.