Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Dog Regulations

Mir. Editor: The lettres appearing in the daily papers encourage me to think that public sentiment is being aroused and that something will be done to stop the intolerable cruelty which is being practiced on the poor dogs of this town.
 Following is the story of the killing of the little black dog given to me by an eye witness: Men i'll the neIghbor- hood who saw him (the dog Warden) bring the dog said there was nothing the matter with him. He took it into the barn. We all heard the first shot and the cry of the dog as ne broke loose and ran into the street when the dog warden rushed after him and in the pres ence of women and men, put three more shots into the poor harmless little beast and then dragged it dripping with blood | back into the barn. Another resident told me that the yelps of anguish of the little creature could be heard all over the neighborhood. A man whe will do such deed is not fit to be warden. 1 am told on good authority that people ] on the West Side have had theirI dogs i taken away from them and killed and they were powerless to save them. | People a.e terrorized and do not dare to say anything fearing their pets will be snatched from them and killed.
 l One woman was feeding her dog when he dashed away to have the run that he iached for. She never saw him again. for he was taken and killed.
 What are dogs licensed for if not t2 give them the right to live. It is q gross injustice. In former times dogs have been kept well under surveillance if i they were suspected of rabies. Now they iare snatched and killed because it is possible that they may have it or rath- | orfA nCf lcruel and dastardly persecution of dogs i'll the town of Norwich
 l Only those who have owned dogs can understand their staunch devotion. Be cause of the protection the state license gives people have bought dogs for their protection and cqTnpanionship and now comes the state commissioner of domest- ic animacs and makes regulations cruel and tending to drive all dogs to madness or death People who license their dogs have some rights and it is time that the state commissioner took cognizanee of that side of the question.
 There is a great difference of opinion
 what is back of this outrageous state
 of affairs. Is it a political move? Who is making the trouble? Are some start ing campaign to exterminate dogs? This quarantine is only a pretense, so 1t lis suspected, very shrewd move, for there Is nothing better calculated to de- lceive the general public
 I was informed by a town official a
 day or two ago that he did not believe
 that there had been a case Of rabies in Norwich in ten years. I share the grow
 ing opinion that this is a case Of pure
 money getting. Whence comes the money
 to pay these deputies who are walking cur streets and demanding and getting
 S3 of people who have their dogs ir their automobiles in their charge but un- tied; and who walk up to people on theii
 own verandas and demand and get $; because in one instance of which have
 personal knowledge the toy dog, abour
 lawn close to the reranda, united bu
 in no danger of running away. Tht young lady was told if she did not pay
 B The dog would be put in the poun(
 and she would have to pay ST. Why dit , he ask s7? We have been told through
 the papers that s3 was the amount.
 In talking with one of our mos
 prominent physicians, who is also g do, owner I learned much, about rabies ant also lost all faith in the pathological
 examinations for the detection of rabie
 about which we hear so much. As 8 have no medical knowledge I can sa,  . many dog lovers who wish that the doc
 tors who feel that this is most un e reasonable and unnecessary quarantin n would write the papers explaining fo = the public benefit what they know Tn state commissioner of domestic animal
 has power to make what reasonable reg
 uiations he may deem necessary for tn , safety of the public.
 o These regulations are not reasonabl r but are cruel and unnecessarily severe
 We maintain he is guilty of a usurpa
 tion of power. Let someone who know a more than I do make plan of precedrr II and let all dog lovers and lovers of fai "a play and justice for the weak join an see what can be done
 I am must heartily in accord with tn
 suggestion of HunaarfttN in Monday y Bulletin that the dog owners of tn 8 state unite to see that humane an l. just dog law is enacted by the nez
 legislature. but we can not wait for ths
 to do something to right this wrong. " Very truly yours, U NANCY E. LUCAS
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