The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-05-27
DOGS ARE SLAIN
BY THE HUNDRED.
Continued from Page Four.)

ty-eight deaths of human beings from
rabies. We treated COZ cases, of which
only three died"
One, of the New York papers said
editorially:
Dogs are the friend OF man. but is
man friend of theirs in compelling
them to live in any city like New York?
Every year there are not less than
500 mad days shot In this CITY," says
DR.. william II. Park, of the Board of
Health. 'Twentyveight persons died of
the disease here last year
The dog is happy in rural. village,
semi-urban conditions, where he has
chance to run around and dig up the
turf and get his exercise, where he may
be permitted to disport himself with
out a keeper and without fear that he
will be run over or stolen, and where
he is of some use as a life guard or
sentry-as he was at Grand View last
week and in Virginia community this
week.
He is not happy in the city, where
fresh air and a free range are denied
him, where he is an inevitable null
a keeper, where he is in danger of be-
ing bitten by a mad brother is inten-
sifed, and where he becomes a common
carrier for vernin and disease germs.
In the city one of the functions of
the humane societies 1t to kill stray
dogs.
AS between the dog and the monkey
for household pets, under metropolitan
conditions, it is to be said for the
monkey that he never goes mad. and
that, so far as he can, he keeps down
his own patch of heas.
There has been the proper kind of
legislation against the dog in every
city in the United States, but like a
great many other of the laws IN this
country, they have not been enforced.
For instance the requirement that
all dogs be taxed is not only intended
as a source of revenue, but it serves
to eliminate the tramp dog which be-
cause of it's eating of garbage and the
conditions under which is lives, is much
more likely to go mad than the well
cared for house pet
It raises the standard OF breed in
dogs for the reason that 1t is the
mongrel which nobody owns and no
body cares for that is eliminated. II
| dog is valuable, the chances are that
| the owner will see that 1t gets water
and cool place to sleep during hot
weather. He will see that it is we'll
| fed and IL Euch thing as law en-
| forcement is actually threatened he will
see first that the tax on his dog is
paid and secondly that ne is muzzled
| according to the requirements of the
| season.
| Chief OF Police Rimbach OF Ham
mond was asked IL there would be any
action taken by the police department
| for the protection Of the public during
| the coming hot weather.
| MI. Rimbach said that it. was not
within the province of the police de-
partment to order the muszling OF dogs
or to shoot those whoch are not
muzzled- He said that the state law
gives the mayor of city which may
| be threatened or imperiled by dogs with
/ the rabies. the right to issue a public
proclamation ordering all dogs muz-
zled and ordering the police to shoot
all animals whose owners do not OBJ
serve the proclamation.
| This puts the matter entirely I'D
| to Mayor Becker and If there is any
action along this line it will have TO
come from him. A great many dog
fanciers IN Hammond are OF the opinion
that IT would be good thing If some
action was taken to eliminate the
mongrel and the cur from the dog popu-
lation Of the city.
1t Is also generally believed that
the dog should be nuszled during
certain seasons. although there are
nuzzles which are positively a tor
ture to the dog. muzzle can be
picked out which will be reasonably
defective without interfering with the
dogs ordinary habits and burdenine
head with a bird cage affair which
is worse than claiming him up