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Show Dear Editor: What about a dog catcher that has a license to kill your dog in front of your eyes and we can't do anything any-thing about it? I know now that it isn't all the dog catchers cat-chers fault, the City put the gun in his hands, tho least they could have done is tcac him how to use it, or maybo no one on the city council knows any mor? than ho dons about it. Therefore There-fore it shnildn't bo used in our r-i'f '-,ss wn want n our pets killed off. Thursday my little dog was killed in front of my 5 year old son's eyes, for no other reason than he was about a block ahead of us which just happened In be on the school prounds. What if there had hern some cildren out there on" of them could just as well been hit. When my dog cam" running back to Mikie ant! I, I picked him up and carried him to where the dog calchfT was and asked him "will our dog be alright?" He told me "Yes, as soon as he wakes up he will be fine.'' As most people in this town know he nvor woke no. T had to tell my liltlo Mikie that the dog catcher didn't tell the truth and that his doggie had gone to heaven That is a real hard thing to tell a small child. All my little boy could do was cry with a broken heart. He wanted to know if Ebony would ever come back and play with him. I told him "No, he can never come back now." Then he wanted to know if he could go lo heaven to see him. Ebony was a good dog, as far as I know he never bothered anyone. any-one. He liked to go visit people peo-ple but never did anything wrong. He had the coyote instinct for wanting to know about everything, guess it was just curiosity. Ebony was no stranger in this town, he had grown up here. Ho grew up with my son, Ebony was one monlh old when we got him, Mikie was one and a half months. These so called tranquilizer tranquiliz-er guns have been outlawed outlaw-ed in a city near us because it killed off 80 percent of ull pets, yet it's alright to kill off our pels, and as far as I can see there is nothing wo can do because it is the law. I obey laws, but when a law gives a man the right to kill someone in your family fam-ily then I think the law should be altered or gotten rid of. Anyone that has a pet, either cat, dog or what ever know that they are part cf the family, they are loved and wanted just as much s anyone else. Are we such a thriving city that a dog has to be tied up morning, noon and night without ever being able to walk with his master down the street without fear of being killed in front of your eyes? Are we all to be afraid to go to work, afraid our pet may get loose and be killed. What happened to this happy country we live in where man woman child and pets can no longer wa'k or play without fear of death riding around in a white truck, watching and waiting for you to turn your back for a few minutes so he can kill a member of your family. fam-ily. If your pet is missing and you should happen to find him dead you may think he was poisoned. Chances ar-2 he wasn't killed, they have a new word for it, he was tranquilized. I suggest anyone interested interest-ed in abolishing this murder weapon write, or belter yet, go see your city councilman. They meet every Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the court house. Our family has lost our much loved Ebony, but maybe may-be this will help save your pet The Jack Day Family Dear Sir: We were delighted on receiving re-ceiving a copy of your weekly week-ly newspaper dated Thursday, Thurs-day, May 8, 19G9, mailed to us by one of your Moab residents. resi-dents. My husband and I are two of the group mentioned in your story, "Boat Failure Strand 11 At Anderson Bottom, Bot-tom, (Sec. B, pg 1) It was the most novel and thrilling experience of our lives, and to sit back in our "easy chair at homo", and read us in print is still another compensation! com-pensation! Your part of the state is simply tremendous; your efforts ef-forts to attract tourists, commendable, and we hav? found more than once, you really take good care of us in your city! We can't say enough about the personal efforts of those who were involved with us a couple of weeks ago. Tex McClatchey is not only true, red-blooded and competent com-petent "river-rat", his ability abil-ity to cope with all situations, situa-tions, and to handle people is superior. Dick Smith must he another person of the same caliber to have extended extend-ed his time and talents to the point of our "gang" thinking he was risking his life in the air more than ve were on the ground. Tex's wife Joy, is another whose time and personal risks were involved. She made the trip back to Moab from Mineral Canyon alone after dark to notify Mr. Smth of our plght. She s a great girl! And a word for Karl Tan-gron, Tan-gron, whom we had the good fortune of meeting personally personal-ly on return. We heard his very interesting story of the "Bed Rock Ranch", which we affectionately named it, made us appreciate much more his hard work and years on the ranch at Anderson An-derson Bottom. This truly is an oasis on the river. Enclosed you will find 51.00 would other copies of this issue cf your paper still be available? If so, send them on to me, and we will see that others receive a copy. There are five here in Og-den, Og-den, two in Los Angeles, and two in Salem, Oregon. Thank you good people in the city of Moab! We shall return for more relaxaton and pleasure again. Respectfully Mrs. Jack E. Toombs 24C2 Jackson Ave. Ogden, Utah 84101. |