We love letter writers!
March 7th, 2007 by admin
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: taking advantage of your local paper’s letters page is a great way to spread pro-animal messages.
Last week, the Vero Beach Press Journal published a guest editorial by Margery Glickman of Miami. She wrote in response to an article about a Thompson Elementary School teacher who was named “2007 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail” for her efforts promoting the Alaskan dog sled race that began last weekend.
Margery’s editorial detailed the Iditarod’s well-documented history of dog deaths, illnesses and injuries. She writes: “Here’s the truth. In the Iditarod, dogs race 1,150 miles, the approximate distance between Vero Beach and Madison, Wis., over a grueling terrain in eight to 16 days. What happens to the dogs during the Iditarod includes death, paralysis, penile frostbite, bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, ruptured discs, viral diseases, pneumonia, torn muscles and tendons and sprains. There is no accounting of how many dogs die in training or after each Iditarod.”
In the Seminole Chronicle, Carla Wilson (Winter Springs) wrote about an event at a local shopping center that feaured carriage horses. Carla noted that “Serious injuries resulting from collisions between cars and carriage horses have occurred in almost every city that allows carriage horse rides.” She wrote, “While many see a horse and carriage as the picture of romance, it really couldn’t be further from the truth. Despite carriage drivers’ claims, (remember they’re the ones making money) horses and traffic are a deadly mix.”
Thank you Margery and Carla.