Show r r r Ol J ID PUBLIC FORUM LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What is your opinion The Express welcomes mrs letters from its readers concerning con Corning any any subject pertinent to the Uintah Basin Ban While there are arc no restrictions restrictions restrictions re re- as to contents or reasonable tt n m. m Humane Society Dear Editor What is the Humane Society Does it give the so 50 called Humane Society the right to enter another persons yard pick pickup pickup pickup up an animal and destroy it without so much as contacting anyone involved This is just what happened to us last week Granted we did not own the dog in question but we were dog sitting for a neighbor lady that is in the hospital A nosey uniformed lady contacted the Humane Society to report that the dog had been tied up for a week without food or water If II this so call know latow it all had or If the Humane Society Society So had they would have found out that the dog was fed and watered wa tva- in the morning and brought Into our home at night Instead of investigating they sent two length we request good judgment andreason and arId andreason reason by the writer Letters must be signed However names will be withheld with held from Crom publication if requested by bythe bythe bythe the writer men in the Army Recruiting car car to our lour yard to pick up the dog If II our son hadn't been home and saw them take the dog we would not have even known what happened to it If II this this- is not right out stealing I would like to know what it is The dog Is still alive thanks to the Army Recruiter who could not see the sense of killing the dog and took it to his own home to feed and care for This would not have been necessary as asI asI asI I called Mr Thomas Little of the Humane Society the evening the dog disappeared and he claimed to know nothing about it and would investigate the situation and return by call Did he call back Never My husband called him the next evening ing with no belter better results and with the same answer of Ill investigate it and call you back We have not heard from him since Is it better for a dog to be fed watered and cared for than to kill it If II we did not like animals we would not have offered to take the dog in the first place Is it easier to kill an animal than find finda a home for it I see in the local paper the Humane Soci Society ty is trying to find homes for animals then why do they take a dog from a home in the first place Especially when the dog is being well cared for I am glad the dog is being cared for but what I do resent is the fact that fact that because they call themselves the Hu nu- Humane Humane mane mane Society they feel they can pass judgment on situations that they know latow nothing about Because of this judgment nt they can enter i on property and If J co confiscate confiscate cate another persons property I also resent the fact that one or or two people can an animal to death without any investigation Animal owner and lover this means the Humane Society can decide if you are to own you pets So be careful or orsome orsome orsome some pet hater will turn you in and your pet will gone forever I would be interested in knowing what other people in this area thinks about one or two persons persons persons per per- sons being judge and jury to all the pets and animals in this community Sincerely HELEN HOOD |