Pets [and kids] and offices

This story is disturbing on many levels. I'll just quote the least disturbing, more informative bit:

...[W]e (like many other people) now have in our home a variety of machines that once were typically found only in business offices. Although some people manage to find ways to injure themselves with just about anything (even something as seemingly innocuous as a fax machine), paper shredders can pose an especial hazard — they're made to destroy documents rather than generate them, and (due in large part to concerns about identity theft) more and more of them are being purchased for home use, where their shredding blades represent a risk not just to careless adults, but to curious children and inquisitive pets as well.

There are multiple references to dogs, cats and children losing body parts, and in a couple of cases their lives because of the "auto-on" switch. Oy.

How really awful.

Note to self: Before The Bump of Niece/Nephew arrives, must move shredder...and crawl around the remainder of the house looking for other dangerous-but-innocuous-looking items.