STRAY DOGS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 7 March 1925, Page 11

STRAY DOGS

)Y<\ the Editor.

Sir. — Your piragraph in tonight's issue of file Mail re the above subject, in lny opinion, calls to; some nun merit. I reliably you are aware the Council has on its si nil a collector ot dog taxes and to all owners of dogs he is recognised as a "live wile. ' As a lover of the dog and win; own (and registers) them vour lrportfd must not jump to the eoitehi-r-inn that every dog lie sees on the street

is a stray dog; when one pays the dog tax 10' per head per annum, the animal has as much legal right on the highway as (he motor cyclist or pedestrian. The double often arises and rings strav on to the streets through the carelessness. |rr laziness) of persons failing to close the gates r>i a residence when they enter, very often allowing the dogs to get out. and according to your scribe tliev are titen tenner.! stray dogs, whereas on the ether hand thev might be classed vein aide ami useful animals. It the general public eoul-i be rilneatetl to t lose gates alieoHicm 1 feel sure a lesser number of (irg.. would be seen on tlm streets. Only a little black, and white dog; You ran see him any day Trotting meekly from street to street: lie almost seems to ?av. As he looks in vour face with wistful eyes : ‘T i.ioii i mean to be in your wav.'’ I am etc.. DOC OWNER.