A DOG'S LIFE
(To the Editor.) Sir, —On reading the letter in your paper by "Fresh. Air". with regard to the open spaces act, I notice particularly the mention that dogs are not to be allowed on the Town Belt. I ask any dog lover is this a fair proposition? Dogs living in the city have no chance of a run on the grass and freedom without the probability of being run over except on the Town Belt. Considering the number of dogs daily run over, and either .killed or injured in the streets, we know that for safety we must take them where- there is no traffic. The dog is as much a citizen as any human being; he pays his yearly tax for the right to be allowed to exist, and I state .that to deliberately take away his one chance of free exercise is a thing that no dog-lover will allow to be carried through. Doggy people, please notice that this matter is to be brought up before the City Council on Bth July, and prepare a strong protest against a thing that will endanger your dog's health, by preventing him from having his rightful exercise in the city where he lives. With regard to dogs on reserves and playing areas, nobody who cares for his dog would risk his being hurt by a stray ball, and therefore would not take him in a park where games are going on.—l am, etc., MABEL S. CHRISTMAS, Cert. C.N.U London*
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 149, 28 June 1929, Page 8
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251A DOG'S LIFE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 149, 28 June 1929, Page 8
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