New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
James c.. Rossman Asserts
That Leash or Muzzle in
Public Places
Would Suffice.
Kennel Editor. The New York Tribune.

Kennel Editor, The New York Tribune.
Sir: Widespread interest has devel-
oped i'm the work of the newly or
gained Dog Lovers Protective Asso-
citation, which It Is proposed TO make
state and nation wide, so other cities
can have the benefit Of the experience
of New York
If Commissioner Goldwater had de-
cided to direct hi efforts TO a cam
paign of educat % instead Of a cam
paign of extern alton, | believe dog
lovers would nave rallied to his sup
port and would have effectively coop
Grated with the Health Department in
correcting some abuses and generally
improving the canine conditions in
New York City.
The Dog Lovers Protective Associa-
tion is inaugurating a campaign OF ed
ucation which will be conducted along
sane and reasonable lines, and which
will correct, by preventive measures to
q large extent, the conditions which
are now criticised.
The Dog Lovers Protective Associa-
tion favors and will support an ordi-
nance requiring that all dogs must be
either on leash or properly muzzled
while on public highways and in public
places.
Commissioner Goldwater was quoted
on November 8 as follows:
"The dog must 90. He must go where
he belongs, to his proper place, the
country. Assuredly / favor the exile
of all dogs from Manhattan Island.
hope to see New York dogless town.
The movement for the muzzling and
eventual exile of dogs is righteous
one, and in so far as IL is in our over
shall be continued till beneficent end
has been achieved.
II say that, no matter how fond we
are of dogs, we would willingly see
every dog in the United States flung
into the sea rather than to sacrifice
one precious human life. ! am no
Herod. So far as in me lies, | will
prevent the slaughter of the innocents,
whatever their ages.
But the emphasis upon their fidelity
at this time is mere waste of emotion
alism The police force is adequate
for the protection of the lives and per-
sons of our citizens. In policed com
munity the pet dog is superfluous. The
muZzle does not torture him any more
than the foolish satin bow.
at is claimed that he suffers be-
cause he cannot protect himself against
feas and other insects. Permit me 20
remind you that dogs have four legs,
all plentifully supplied with apparatus
for scratching"
| take issue with Commissioner Gold
water that dogs are s"superfluous in a
policed community" Even the small
dog in a home in New York City is
the greatest protection against burglars
and 10 the family during the absence
of the male members of the household.
The d. l.. T. A. will cooperate with
the A. s. p. c. A. and other associations
in its humane work Of removing un-
healthy and homeless dogs from the
streets. g.
Licensing Of dogs and even cats in
New York and the determination Of
the stray, unlicensed ones is a rational
measure and will not be opposed by
true dog lovers.
dog bite is not necessarily q
hurry call" TO hydrophobia. In $4,000
cases of employees bitten in their years
of duty with the Society for Prevention
Of Cruelty TO Animals, not one case
has every resulted in a fatality. A
bite from a healthy dog is an annoy
ance and painful 70 a degree, but no
more.
All persons interested in the work
Of the Dog Lovers Protective Associa-
ton, whether enrolled members or not,
are welcome at our monthly meetings,
held the second Friday night Of every
month. at the Gregoran Hotel, 40
West 35th St, New York The perma-
nent officers for the ensuing year will
be elected at the January meeting.
JAMES GARDNER ROSSMAN.
60 Wall St, New York City.