Evening star., 1959-02-14

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ther children nor dogs can
always fence themselves in
and enjoy privacy.
Dorothy Leef.
~ '%.&
The letter by C. Toole rep
resents the puerile arguments
which the so-called dog
lovers. seem to be able to
dredge up whenever some at
tempt by d 'fed-up society is
made to curb the dog pesti-
lence.
The depredations OF a "rel-
atively few" dogs Mr.. Toole
claims, penalize responsible"
owners and their pets"
Either Toole can't see we'll or
he is living in a favored spot
in the area, In my area. in
Silver Spring huge wolrpacks
OF. half = abandoned beasts
romp the streets, yapping and
nipping at children. soiling
the lawns and bushes. And
after a strenuous day of
creating idle and unnecessary
mischief, they bark all night.
Their owners, who usually
have no real affection for the
beasts, abandon them to their
own devices.
Mr.. Toole makes the asinine
assertion that vicious and
destructive pests should be
properly confined by the
owner, on pain Of being re-
ported to the police and fined.
etc.. This means, then, that
if some hulking pest bites
my child or my wife, or is,
tearing up the. lawn during
the day, my wife should COL
lar the pest and ask its name
and address!
If Toole and his ilk feel
that a dog is necessary in
our modern community. I
have no quarrel with their
primeval exhibition. But then
let these responsible" dog
owners not make a jungle
out of our community to the
continual danger and nut-
sance to those benighted
individuals who have the
archaic belief that a dog
belongs on a farm or a
frontier where he can be Of
some use.
X. r. Stehling.
II y
Three cheers for Doris w,
Taylor! 1t looks like the
Alexandria Animal Rescue
League really has gone to
the dogs. by refusing Miss
Taylor's appeal for an Or
dinance to leash EN-.
SamneI F. Sledge.
X *. =.
Montgomery County al
ready has some say-So about
destructive and or vicious
animals. Owners can be
forced to restrain or dispose
of those considered danger
Gus. 1t is not just a relative
ly few dogs and dog owners"
that have brought about the
need for a severe restraint
ordinance. Those who care
enough for their pets to see
that they do not become
neighborhood nuisances are
in the minority. Something
drastic is needed in Mont
gomery County to control the
acute dog problem and to
deal with inconsiderate own
erS. There has been much ef-
fort on the part of the public
to stamp out human juvenile
delinquency. What Of the
canine counterpart?
Barbara Mckee.
4 X
grew up with a dog in
constant attendance (on a
farm and would like very
much to have one now. 1
don't, because I have too
much feeling for a dog to
keep it constantly tied or
penned; neither do I want
nor. expect my neighbors or
others to suffer the eXasper-
alton of its barks, its dirtiness
in their yards and or its de-.
Struction to their property.
believe that human be-
ings and human feelings
should take precedence over
animals, whether in suburbia
or elsewhere.
Mr.. Teole describes him
self as a responsible" dog
owner, which ! assume to
mean that his pet is not per-
mitted to create nuisances.
This being the case, / fail to
see how the proposed regula-
tions, governing the activities
Of dogs, could in any way
affect him-or his family.