the Editor of the "Norrt-Cursa Dany News"
'Sin—As an owner of an' Alsatian, my second, I have followed with con: siderable interest, the correspondence fand your comments thereon, wi have recently appeared in your, valued journal.
I, and Tam sure most owners of Alsatians, will heartly agree with you that to get down to "Brass Tacks" the rabies danger is real and demands strong. ce-operation. mention, all else is irrelevant', bu: may I add, as irrelevant as anything, is your unreasonable condemnation of the entire breed of Alsatians. Your leader "Brass Tacks" is a8 full irrelevances, and misrepresentations, as anything penned by "emotional defenders of Alsatians.
Im spite of the fact that I have owned an Alsatian for some seven years, and can honestly" say that Guring this period I have never known anything but loyal and intelligent companionship, in order to conform to your views of "honesty", must I agree with you entirely in your sweeping condemnation of the The muzzling order may or may not be efficacious in stamping out the danger of rabies. The fact that the authorities have ordered its general enforcement should be suffcien: for your readers and no possible excep-Yon can be taken to the order. the owner and not the dog. Your turd concerned people dilating on the destruction of an amiable stray. A dog, having a home, is not generally known as a stray and Chloe's letter did not in any instance decry police methods, it was a note of warning to other dog owners, How the defence of a clever and loyal breed of dog a thinly veiled desire to hamper authority in stamping out rabies is beyond my poor intellect; perhaps you, knowing our minds better than wwe do ove selves, will enlarge upon the subject, You say "it would be far honester to put on record a deter mined refusal to be party to any entierabic measures." "Why? It {s interesting to note how carefully you avoid the many references to the wonderful work done by Alsatian. quoted from authorities on the subject!
Your paragraph on the Karalt is according to your own statement "not only irrelevant but mischievously The fact that Miss Cowper was bitten, is strong confirmation of your advocacy. The breed of the culprit, was irrelevant, Would it have been less serious had the dog been a Great Dane?
One is, of course, in doubt as whether this leader has been written in sincerity or as a hoax, No Alsatian owner has been at variance with you in citing this incident as proof of the very real need for enforcing and observing "the authorities' order. Many of us, how-fever, are at a loss to understand why you should seize this opportunity 10 get in a dig at a breed for which you Obviously have no liking and possibly of which you have had ttle Personal experience. 1 would not resume to defend the Alsatian. Ths umber of owners of this breed, coupled with the fact that no Alsatian owner has, as yet, sided with you in your contention that the breed is un-Fellable, is sufficient defence. The fact that they are used almost exclusively, in America, for guidance of the blind," a responsibility which surely calls for reliability above all else, is further devenc Shanghai, June 24, Danger of "Strays"
To the Editor of the "Nonru-Cumxa Darcy News'
Sm—There is so much talk these days about the extremely good work which is being done in the sudden Grive collecting work dogs. supposed to be done daily ularly, might one be permitted to wonder how it happens that there fare suddenly such unprecedented numbers roaming the streets needing collection? It would appear though a certain amount of slackness in the past has caused the need of the sudden rush of the present?
Having got down to "Brass Tacks and I feel sure, received the strongest approval of all dog owners in your policy of refusing to remain "Neutral" not be combined with as to breed.
Shanghai, June 24.
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