Letters, Dec. 5, 1932

Canophobe Butler Answered, Flayed

Sirs:

I had to laugh at William Mill Butler's letter about the "dog nuisance." Supposedly, all homeless dogs go eventually to the pound, where they are put to death. Before being rounded up by the dog catcher, they have deprived no one of food, having fed on garbage rations delectable to the dog palate, which no child would eat.

As for dogs legally owned and taxed, they are as legitimate a luxury as Mr. Butler's tobacco. Or, if he doesn't smoke, he no doubt has other expensive habits. Scientific tests have...

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