Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-18
DOG OWNER SAYS HIS
PUP WAS KILLED
WITHOUT NOTICE
BARTON KELLER AFTER
WARRANT FOR HUNTER
Declares Pet Animal Was
Caught and Killed Same
Afternoon; Charges Cruelty
to Animals.

At last nights meeting Of the city
council C. w. Hunter. the official dog
catcher, received payment Of an ac-
count OF sl3l. covering his fees % 81
per dog for CANNES killed. and repre-
senting one hundred and t~hirty-one
dogs who have gone the way whence
10 dog returneth.
When the bin was allowed the anes-
ton was asked Il all dogs killed by
the ~dog-catcher were duly buried.
Chief Of Police McMiliin replying that
they were. II was next asked II the
dogs were counted and the chief Of
police replied again hat they were
counted by "a member Of the police
force.
Under the regulation the dog CATCH
er receives 81 for each dog he kills.
The zee for redeeming a dog out Of
pound is 81 Of which the dog catcher
receives twenty per cent. or 20 cents
per dog. II is therefore. much more
profitable for the dog catcher 10 kill
the dog than for it 20 be redeemed by
the remorsefui owner who has neglect
cd TO pay the dog TAX.
Under the city ordinance it IS re-
quired nat NE dog catcher keep cach
dog taken mp by him. Tor at least for
ty-eight hours. so as to allow the
owner time to redeem il. the dogs to
he kept at a place designated by the
proper city authority.
There Is at least n owner OF a dog
OR q former wne Of o dog. since
the dog Is now defunct-who declares
that Hunter NOT only does not comply
with the law In regard to holding dogs
forty-eight hours before killing them.
but that he exercises undue haste in
killing them and hat he uses unnec-
essay cruelty in carrying cut the exc
%cution.
This man is Barton Keller. a carpen-
ter. who lives at sol North Eighth
street and who stated last night that
he would swear out q warrant this
morning before a justice charging
Hunter with firing arms in a settle
mont and with cruelty to animals. VI.
Keller states that ne mad a small and
harmless dog. who was neither vicious
nor mad. to which he had become at
tached. The tax had not been paid
TN AfE AMEf 0At tE -A-@ Af tAATAAAttA
to pas il and would cheerfuliy have
taken the dog out Of pound. The dog
was taken on early in the afternoon
When he returned from work the
same afternoon Mr.. Keller SAYS he
went to get the dog IA OF pound ana
found il had been killed.
The dog catcher has a perfect
right TO Kill dogs when they are mad
or vicious. aid Mr.. Keller last night.
but this dog was neither. He was
entirely harmless and / am informed
that the law REQUIRES such dogs 70 be
held for AT least forty-eight hours to
give their owners a chance 10 take
them out. Ny dog was killed the same
afternoon II was taken up.
Il went to Justice of the Peace
George Craig about this and he put me
of, stating that he would look the
matter up"
Il have since been informed and
have witnesses 10 prove that Hunter
uses q .22-calibre rifle in killing dogs.
a weapon which Is far from sure TO
kill. and that more than one shot is
often necessary to kill a dog. and.
moreover. that he allaws boys TO use
AAAf uEEr 90 81 H&%5 AAA FFA~hA~N
shooting Ia killing them
Hunter has been firing arms with
in the city limits which he has no
right to do and I propose TO proceed
against him on this ground ana also
Il make a charge Of cruelty TO ami
mails
No one can object 10 the payment
of the dog tax. but there is no rea-
o why dogs whose owners are
known and who are willing to redeem
them should be killed without warning
and there is no possible eason for the
cruelty which is praetlced in killing
these helpless animals.