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Show ' 3 Fyawam i DESERET NEWS, TUESDAY, JANUARY A 13 14, 1975 $ 'i8$Ejg2iSfi5ssgS4S?1&1 Overpopulation ened, brings tragedy to the pet world feS statistics already are reaching crisis proportions Every year mote than 15 to 20 million cats and dogs are turned into city pounds and By toe Mary Pedersen Be ret New staff writer FIRST IN A SERIES The small white dog was found in an alley light- shivering, half-starve- private d spared, these claimed and placed m pew homes Most of them, around 75 percent, must be humanely d put to deatu, anU then or taken out to the land fill or the city dump When Bnce Nelson, former shelter manager, Erst went to work at the Humane Socle ty of Utah the animal overpopulation problem really got uicui-crate- 10 Few are luckv In fact, animal shelters and humane societies are literally being inundated with unwanted animals and some autnoruies go so far as to say that unless something is done about the problem it will become the nation's number one domestic crisis The University of Utah Theater Guild will honor cast mem- of bers Shakespeares at a Antony and Cleopatra celebrity luncheon next Mon day, 12 30 p m , at the of Utah Union Urn-versi- ty Building Ann (Mrs Ashby) Decker will he mistress of ceremonies for the program to follow luncheon Dr David E Jones, director, and Jim U nibble 9 ft.. Svendsen, cast member, will Any woman interested in speak Robert Peterson and joining the guild is encourCharlene Bletson, stars, will aged to do so Mrs Decker is entertain membership chairman Presiding at the luncheon New glass display cases will be Mrs. Nabbie C. now in the Pioneer Memorial Sorensen guild vice presilobby were donated dent Mrs H. Price Worsley Theater 1973-74 Theater Guild by the is program chairman, Hoard and membership The public is invited, but reservations are required jr and may be made with Mrs. Gary Eckman, 7T tom tho he unadopted pets home didn't want to have to put them to sleep. But soon he learned it was just impossible. No one peiouii uuid tupe with the unending flood of animals. Edward E. Ryttmg, director of the Salt Lake County He trmd to take ai1 37 e 5'2 um HdvaN everyone ought to have a pet" is where the trouble lies Re frankly doesn't believe that animals need to be around every household Unless a person has adequate facilities for a pet and intends to be a responsible owner, the Humane Society director tmnxs the whole mea ought to be forgotten qUriHort, t a, 'f PR. MWERT fcsvsui son who has been folfdWifig a vegetarian diet tor sometime now, and vour column has been most helpful m clearing up some of my concerns v about it I still am not sure whether one must eat all the essential Eg By respcnsibte pet owner Mr Little means that a person must be willing to CeT6 for hW amnial Shelters shouldnt have to be slaughterhouses doing soc- ammo acids at one iety's dirty work while society looks other way. the present at the same time, together with those noressen-tia- l amino acids necessary to make a specific protein (The nonessentjal ammo a ads can come from the diet or they can be made in the hnriv if enouah protein is taken m ) Getting an adequate mixture of amino acids should present no problem, particu5 larly for vegetarians, if they include milk, cheese, or eggs with their meals He means that leash and licensing laws should be strjcilv adhered to He means that arumais should be neutered or spayed and not allowed to run loose See TRAGEDY on page mei you explain this ANSWER: In oictor to body to build tissue protein, all of the essential amino acids from the diet roust be abandon it neglect it or treat it cruelly in any w ay. mini IBlIDil genf' HART BROS. 22!.t liifiliiaiwl Drive Alai! By Dr. Jean Mayer prevalent attitude that A-1- 5 UlMMlUrlas bonus: save 20-4- 0 ... GUAM) IiVNOs UoUohochI essentia s According to Mr Little, the iaCLL UiM Etillifc? & Now 6 V. 6' !y years full-tim- years. Society of Utah it grow increasing worse during the iot ten Tve seen i It's grown Increasingly worse in the Iasi 10 parent Celebrity luncheon set animals are ever acids Humane Occasionally, employees become insensitive toward the w hole operation 1 can't stand this, Mr have Byttirg emphasizes to let them go Maybe the best answer is to have the men euthanize for just several weeks at a time and not e make a career of it. Killing animals s a demeaning thing Yet under the circumstances, the humane killing is both necessary and kind. t the rate things are going, the planet would soon be overrun with dogs and cats if the tide werent stemmed Unwanted animals if they weren't brought into shelters often would go hungry, shiver won tne cold and become the tragic objects of neighborhood abuse The animals aUo would pose a thre to property and human safety In fact, there have been numerous instances of dogs miming m packs - causing sanitation problems, attack mg cattle and sheep herds at night. And there have been a number of incidents all across the United States and here in Salt Lake of children being injured by vicious and diseased canines animal overpopulation problem In $, L Euthanasia claims them, too. unless they are lucky enough to be adopted by a human IBM (Three-fourth- s We have a terrible either. overpopulation problem here," declares Tom laltte executive director of the euthanasia begins to be a nightmare for them, am mals' dead eyes begin to haunt their dreams, and they have to quit. shelters of them are brought Amino We have a terrible animal trauma. Performing m by irresponsible and insensitive owners who have found it inconvenient to keep them ) Only 10 to 20 percent of For a while a tags at the city animal shelter became his home and he was put up for adoption But no one seemed to want him And finally to make room for other abandoned, stray or abused animals, he had to be pul to sleep An animal control officer u ho remembers the incident still gets tears m his eyes when he talks about it This is a hard job, he says quietly 'We do the public's dirty work, and some days it breaks your heart The thing tnat is reallv heartbreaking is that there are millions of small white dogs put to sleep every day m the United States And black (toga, uvown dogs, big dogs. hule dogs, and cals of ail varieties and descriptions Cuddly puppies and kittens arent Animal Control Department, says that some of his men never get hardened to the s if nharVkifQ Qt e0v'm&m'& W vfwiTrvruijjyv Valiev Fair Aiall 273-64- nO Step up to Elegance Sale and Sweepstakes save 40 and elegance, nothing compares with Hones Pantyhose and Stockings Once a year and for one week only, you get the superlative quality of Hanes at special prices. 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