Dear HCN,
As one who lives on a
dirt road, drives a lot of them, and was a volunteer emergency
medical tech for 12 years, I can testify that driving 75 on the
road driven by Peggy Godfrey, however straight, even in daytime,
endangers the driver, wildlife, cattle, and anyone or anything else
in the way (HCN, 12/6/99). What “higher purpose” is Godfrey helping
her animals achieve? Are we talking karma or
hamburgers?
I live in the heart of ranching
country and I can’t think of a single neighbor who wouldn’t slow
down to avoid kittens. Ms. Godfrey, not the ranch-ignorant friend
she left in charge, is responsible for the state of her lambs and
the death of a puppy. Since the dog had apparently not tried to
kill the lambs, some aversion training might have salvaged him, but
if that wasn’t feasible, surely the woman who left him with an
incompetent should have tried to find him a home as a companion
dog. It just doesn’t cut it to shoot the dog, put all the blame on
the friend, and write poems about “eyes that do not see.”
Jeanne
Williams
Portal,
Arizona
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Why not brake for kittens?.
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