OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 March 1940, Page 7

OTHER PEOPLE’S IDEAS

1)00 POISONING

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—ln the last three months 1 have lost two dogs through poisoning. I would now like to take this opportunity to appeal to the persons who are doing the poisoning to cease. If the dogs are causing a nuisance people have their redress through the proper channels; then the punishment will fall on the owner and not the dog. .1 wonder if the guilty persons have ever seen the agony that the dog endures through their thoughtless action? If they have I don’t think that they wculd ever again stoop to such a caucus action to get rid of a dog that maybe has knocked over a rubbish tin or something or other. Just recently a most valuable English Collie was poisoned. Now this dog was never allowed to go out on the street and had nc opportunity to do so. as the fences of the owner's house are six feet iron. Yet this dog was poisoned, so the poisoned bait must have been thrown over the fence to it. The dog I lost last night was also poisoned in the yard, as I myself put it on the chain at 8 p.m., and it was quite all right then; yet it was dead this morning.

Now 1 should like to give a warning to all dog owners living around my neighbourhood, as it is within five minutes walk of my house that all this poisoning is going on. If the dog shows any sign of being poisoned, do not give it water by any means. A quantity of tobacco forced down the dog's throat will help, but a bullet is more humane. Well what about it Mr Poisoner? How about calling it a day? 1 have no dogs now nor have J any inclination to got any more, so you can't hurt me any more but think of the hours of agony that your next victim may have to go through, as my dog did’ last night, and remember the old saying about the pitcher and the well.—l am. etc.,

R. EDWARDS Masterton, March 15,