ANN LANDERS PUBLICIZES ANIMAL CRUELTY

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ANN LANDERS PUBLICIZES ANIMAL CRUELTY: Last week, Ann Landers' weekly

column featured several of

her readers' suggestions on " how to keep cats out of your flowerbed. "

Included in the printed suggestions, which

she described as " both informative and amusing, " were setting out

mousetraps and painting the offending cat's

rectum with turpentine. One reader even gloated over an incident where he

" took [his] bb gun and waited for the cat

to come around. . . and shot the damned thing dead. " . Although a few

" humane " suggestions were offered, they

received little print space compared to the cruel tactics touted by her

less humane readers.

WHAT YOU CAN DO: Please write Ann Landers and tell her that these cruel cat

control options should NEVER

have been given any print space, as they encourage people to engage in

cruel behavior. Remind her that there is a

strong connection between the abuse of animals and violent behavior toward

other people (see our HSUS website:

www.hsus.org/current/strike.html) Write to: Ann Landers; P.O. Box 11562;

Chicago, IL 60611-0562 or write to her

through her website at:

http://www.creators.com/lifestyle/write.php4?ContentId=25.

 

 

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