Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-10
POOR, POOR DOGGIE.
Many CANNES, Pets and Pests are
Given n Dose of Gas.


AS a result OF the operations OF the
dog-catchers Tuesday night and yester-
CAV morning. about twenty-five CANNES
were ushered into dog heaven ysster-
dav. The men with the nets ana the
cage circulated over the western portion
of The city during the early morning
P@Ht. x ?au made and one q wheat Sss5
to him meant death. 49,,
I'm. There were large dogs ana stldll
dogs: dogs with short pants. ana otneI ,
with shaggy coats; there were terriers ana
spaniels. settlers and pointers, but nary
a hound dog was there IN the Iot' 80
The catchers with their nets were on
the alert as they moved about, ana not
once did they fail TO catch a dog Wheh
their net descended. Several times. now
ever. they lost their quarry because OF
the fieetness of the animal, ana some eA-
ceedingly lively chases were hau.
KNEW THERE WAS TROUBLE.
The dogs. when they were congregated
I'm the cage. presented a sorry sight IN
deed Some Of them seemed 10 Ie"tiND
that trouble was ahead OF them, anu my
barked ever and anon most Pi.Sou ~, > ,
others seemed TO have no care Ioi Wv, ,,r
future. and they wandered about the cdse,
looking for trOuDle, soihc AO""" ~
A. & O'Clock the cage drove up TO the
Office of the Society for the fTeVch.,,U3li
Of Cruelty TO Animals. and there troupse
i'm abundance. or peace. If one cares "
look at il in that light. awaited an: DOB
after dog was asphyXiated III quick SUI
cession. and in a very short time al OF
the mornings catch save one OF W.,
evident pets held FOR reclamation hdu
passed in their checks.
SHOULD HAVE NEW METHODS.
When approached by a reporter yester-
day and asked for a statement couCeII-
ing the dog-catchers. Or. Jud. Il. Woou'
president of the $ =. G. ~, SAID:
Il am heartily in sympathy win the
work as Richmond IS a doS-iluueh Si'! .
The killing Of the brrtes Is done as hu-
namely as such disagreeable WORK can Dc
done. as | know from personal experience
having killed several hundred year my
self / consider the methods used ehtlrtly
obsolete The net is out OF date' pclnS
extremely heavy for the men To carry
often causing injury TO the dogs. Inc
propqr instrument is stick with loop
on the end. This IS easily shpped over
the dogs head and protects the men from
vicious animals. n
at present dogs are killed at or
o'clock in the morning. This prevents the
owner from rcdoeming his property Inc
dogs should be kept and FED Tor twenty
four or forty-eight hours. 50 that should
q valuable dog be taken the owner would
have time to pay the tax ana secure MS
property This would necessitate a dog
hound and the necessary ARRANGEMENTS
for the feeding and watering OF the AM
mails. .. 40 .,,to
matter should be revised, as theie Is Il
great Injustice done To the owner VINO
paws the tax. IL is almost Impossible
TO keep the medals on the animals, as they
are stolen by boys and transferred from
one dog 10 another, 50 that most persons
keen their medals in their pockets, and
their dogs are liable TO be caught There
should be a fine Of not less than so i'm
posed upon a person taking medals from
the dog and then IL would be possible lor
the dogs to wear the tags.
"Another point that should be correct
ed is. that any dog. when pursued by
the officers. runs into a private lot, can
not he taken while Oh the premises, ana
the men have to give up the search. TINS
should be corrected so that the person
upon whose lot an untagged dog Is fOund,
should be considered as harboring tho
brute. and should be compelled TO give
uu the animal or pay the tax at once TO
he officer in charge. II this IS done, there
would be a hOuse-tO-hOuse canvass, ana
the money derived therefrOm would De
sufficient To pay the expense. The city
has been guilty of injustice TO the people.
In the last ten years over $4,000 has been
collected as dog tax. and in that time not
300 has been expended 10 protect the
people from this nuisance. The dogs that
are caught and killed are worthless lot.
and IL is humanity TO kill them. as they
are filled with diseases Of every descrip-
ton"