Leash And Lead Abuse

Last month, NY Governor Pataki signed a bill expanding "orders of protection", typically granted to abused spouses or lovers, to include pets, because according to the bill's sponsor, "Abusing a loved one's pet is a way of saying 'You're next.' It's a warning."

Yesterday that law was used for the first time, against a gay man in Queens who reportedly kicked Bibi, his boyfriend's bichon frise. How deliriously happy do you think the NY Post was today, to be able to use this lead:

Sept.1 - I'll get you - you and your little dog, Bibi, too! A jilted gay man turned into the wicked bitch of the west and beat up his ex-boyfriend's tiny bichon frise, prompting the city's first-ever order of protection for a dog.

Sigh. By the way, why did it take FOUR Post staffers to write that little 200 word story?