DOGS AND HEALTH
Sir.-The experience of Ethel M. Duff in respect to pet dogs in England is that of colonials generally. The state of city. pavements is sorry. But before we pat ourselves too heavily on the back, let us reflect on the difference between conditions. The average New Zealand house has much more space round it for the exercising of a dog’ than the English house. With the development of flat life in New Zealand cities, the same problem arises as in England. Someone | has to take the dog out for a walk, regularly. Quite a lot of dogs are
in flats, and some are big. In one respect we are definitely more hygienic. We don’t allow dogs in restaurants; at any rate Wellington doesn’t. The custom in England of taking dogs into meals disgusts the visitor. The other day I noticed that a titled woman took her pet ‘dog to the annual banquet given by the Lord Mayor of London. She explained that the dog went everywhere with her; he had even been to Westminster Abbey either to the Coronation or the Royal Wedding, I forget which. Did she smuggle him in? If I were Lord Mayor, ‘or any other host, I should say, leave your dog outside, or stay away.
A.
M.
(Wellington).
Sir-I would like to give Ethel M. Duff support for her sensible letter on dogs. It is certainly time we came to gtips with the menace to health presented by pet dogs. My home is in a short, blind street, yet there is a real assortment of breeds. The owners are particular that these animals are not allowed to defile their own section, so they are turned out in the street "to be clean." It is disgusting to mow the street-side lawn, yet little children romp, toss and play on these swards. If the various borough councils treated the trouble as important and fixed the registration fee at £5, this scourge could
be controlled,
DEVONPORT
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 512, 14 April 1949, Page 16
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