However, Wilson reports that “dog wheels were still being used in American restaurant kitchens well into the nineteenth century,” when, in the face of early animal rights lobbying, they were often replaced with young black children.
From ['Hot Dog' by Nicola in *Edible Geography*](http://www.ediblegeography.com/hot-dog/)
Every now and then I’m reminded of how absurd it is that the United States ever acts with the moral high ground in matters of human rights.