As the human birth-rate in England has declined the birth-rate of dogs has increased,, said Dr A. B. O’Brien, who has returned from a trip to Europe. The London suburban streets were made filthy by dogs, he said, and the numbers of dogs were increasing. He had seen figures which stated that in 1905 900,000 babies were born and 1,600,000 dogs; and in 1935 600,000 babies and 22,500,000 dogs. These figures might very well be correct. “With the decline in the babies there has been an increase of dogs,” he said. “From the King downwards they all have dogs—you hardly ever see a photograph of the King without a dog.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1938, Page 8
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