Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-13
Los ANGELES FAR BEHIND OTHER
CITIES IN CARING FOR DOGS
B0ST0NS TREATMENT OF FAITHFUL ANIMALS MUCH MORE
HUMANE THAN THAT PRACTICED HERE
Much Interest Being Manifested in Effort Have Excellent Sy
Good Example California
Flagran Violations of Law Are Reported by Citizens

the year round. Besides this there js
her beautiful new enterprise of Home
OF Rest for horses at Pine Ridge,
Dedham; and besides this again the
Model Boarding stable for horses in
West Brooklyn street, where object
lessons are given to grooms and stable
boys of the proper way to treat horses,
with prizes offered by the Horses Aid
association, affiliated with the league,
for the best care and treatment shown.
The police force are now affiliated
with the rest and their ambulance.
circulating on a regular system and on
call where stray dogs are noted, will
relieve the city of some of the shock
ing scenes that have been gratuitously
educative in brutality among children
of the impressionable age In quarters
where no such public education is
called for especially.
But one of many instances eXempli-
flying the brutality of the system in
Los Angeles is given in the following
letter received by The Herald:
Tells of Dog Catching
LOS ANELES, July 1O.-[Editor
Herald: Having seen your request in
Sundays paper to notify you of the
violation of city ordinances by the dog
catchers, l will state: A few months
ago my little boy, years old, had a
little puppy, months old, which he
dearly loved little thing about the
dearly loved, a little thing about the
1.-THE contemplate dog catchers saw
him in the yard near the house, so
chased it in the rear of the house and
caught 1t and threw 1t into the dog
wagon among lot Of other dogs, amid
the feeble protests of the little boy.
My wife called me up over the tele-
phone and told me about it, and I told
her would call up the pound master,
and did SO, but got nc satisfaction. I
am law abiding soldier citizen, but
If had been at home some dog catcher
would have got hurt sure. have also
eeen their dscoy tactics used down by
the Chutes park section, also a couple
of years ago one dog catcher was bitten
on the hand on Washington street try
ing to take off collar from dog
owned there which they caught and
which had license tag on.
ST think it's about time some one
took up this matter. Yours,
"E. L. GIBBS.
Manager Glen Rock Water Co.
mo 15o South Avenue 49,"
Another letter received on the same
subject, and is of special interest be-
cause of it's Endorsement of the letter
by Val Stone, which attracted consid-
erable attention, is as follows:
LOS ANGELES, July ST. EDITOR
Herald: have taken great inter-
est in the different letters which nave
been published In The Herald concern
ing the question of humane treatment
of dogs, and I wish to give my sup,
pprt to the statements made by val
Stone. I notice that the correspondents
who are against it are all from the
country towns, and perhaps they have
not been educated IN the laws OF CITY
folks. | think if the people Of Los An
s,eyss 40 NOT like the way dog catchers
sre9s are doing % 1T it, it is their own affair, and
the they do not ned any comments from
outside towns. Let those n,p who u I'VE EN- IN
outside towns do as they wish In their
ou,,, 1,illaees. but we of Los Angeles.
Who Who I am am sure, are all kindly disposed
toward dumb animals, do not not like a,t the
present system Of dog catching. ana |
IN the city of Pasadena. Respectfully
.,orrs F. WHITNEY"
.sNo. 1916 East Eighth street"