I found out why this guy said that. This clown was filling in for Sean Hannity when Sean was on Christmas vacation. He had a chance to say something stupid and controversial to a large audience (7 million people listen to Hannitys radio show) in attempts to draw some fame from it. And he did it. And it worked cuzz here we are talking about this dumb [expletive]. Hopefully his attention will be short lived.
I think was just an animal lover who got carried away. there are many people who do this with their animals. They equate their value as being human. Check this article out.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/1210/Tucker_Carlson_Michael_Vick_should_have_been_executed.html
UPDATE: Carlson is well known as an animal advocate. For the past couple years, he and Ana Marie Cox have served as spokespeople for the Washington Animal Rescue League, and in fact co-hosted a holiday party for the organization just this month.
“It’s the oldest animal rescue league in Washington,” Cox said. “It’s a no-kill shelter, which appeals to my bleeding heart liberalism, but it also accepts no government funding, which appeals to Tucker’s libertarianism.”
She and Carlson were approached by the league after the organization found her name in its database of supporters.
“They thought it would be cute to team me up with a conservative,” she said. “It turned out that Tucker had adopted one of his dogs from the league. It was a great fit.