The Cairo bulletin., 1905-09-03
A FEW LETTERS FROM READERS
PLEA FOR THE poes-swMMNo POOL FOR cAIRos eATHERs
IS NEEpED-PRAIsE STATE BOARD OF HEAlTH-clEAN
rHE CITY AND KEEP CLEAN ALL THE TIME.
A Word for the Dogs

a Word Tor the Dogs
Editor the Bulletin
have read in your paper that The
city dog catcher is waging war On the |
dogs. catching the poor dumb brutes
and locking them up in the pound and
then shooting them if their masters
do not call and pay their taxec.
This crusade against the dog is due
TO peculiar view If some hi7gs IN
daily Hf7. A man pays $500 or $500
for n horse and the world recognizes
the horse as the property Of the nan
who paid for him. A man pays $40.
or $50. or S2a0 for a dog, and neither
the agents of The municipality nor
cit zens with a grievance RECON ze ne
dog as property
A horse or a COW. or bear or
monkey is property to be protected By
the laws. bu a dog, Do matter what
his money value. IS seldom the ward
of the law and usually is the sport OF
ii,
A man who defends his home from
irtrrsicn or who guards his horse or
cow with a rifle is good citizen. But
q man VINO denies tie right OF dog
Z. Ger 10 steal dog, or who defends
c'e CsE as lie would His horse, Is a
! law-b~caker It & inhuuan 70 beat'a
/ horse: il Is brutal to starve mon
/ $780,. - T. -, rfa ,,sgr, 10 thfoxr n efCua
at noisy parrot, but it is seldom rep
lreheusible to kick another man dog
or to pursue and harry him to madness
And yet the dog has been, since the
world began, mans best four-legged
friend. In all ages. among all races
thousands CT dogs have proved theii
affection and loyalty to masters whera
a single one has been reaeherous.
The literature of all nations i.
crowded with stories of the brave dec
OF dogs, while few lines recite al
4 that is recorded TO their discredit
And yet there are men who remembe
nothing to the dogs credit and trea
the whole species as outcast(
The man who tortures his horse o
abuses his mule is punished under tn
laws for cruelty to animals The maj
who abuses a dog is hardly ever eyei
rebuked.
The laws of the state prescribe reg
lations for the decent and human trea
ment of cattle, horses, sheep and hog
in course of shipment The ordinar
: ces Of the city impose restrictions y
! dogs that would drive a horse or
I hog TO madness. The authorities {
the city shut their eyes to cruelliE
= practiced on dcgg, which If practices
y on hogs down o. the stock Wir,
would arouse public Indignation.
= why this prescription Of one
i mans best friends? Because the c
4 cepticnal dog bites a child, hecau
Y IN occasional Cog has hyd@Cphobii
= THIS is not suffic ent reason. DO
run at will in many of the old wor
Y cities and there Is infinitely less Ia
?. of hydrophobla there than hel
y Horses have hydrophobia, but
NJ horses are nor put under ban becau
~ one horse has the dist5mper.
= 1t is right to guard children aga I
~ possible danger from rabid dogs. but
~ is wrong to treat all dogs as If til
were about to go mad More dc
= have sacrificed their lives in defer
~ ing children from other animals tn
- ever have bitten CHI ldren, and dc
!" Of all degrees should be treated in
cordance with the rules Of comm
sense
- Can't you suggest something q
! VIII help the poor dog? 1t Is qu
~ evident that soma action should
~ taken.
'uS a DOGS FRIEND.