Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1914 — Dogs Should Be Muzzled All the Year [ARTICLE]

Dogs Should Be Muzzled All the Year

By Health Commissioner GOLD' WATER of New York City

Dogs ought to be kept OUT OF THE CITY IN WIN TER as well as in sum MER. THE OLD IDEA THAT DOGS GO MAD BECAUSE OF THE SUM MER HEAT IS WRONG. THERE APE NEARLY AS MANY CASES Of* RABIES DURING THE COLD MONTHS AS THERE ARE IN SUMMER. ** * IF THEY ARE NOT ACTUALLY EXCLUDED THEY SHOULD AT LEAST BE MUZZLED OR KEPT ON A LEASH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE PRESENT ORDINANCE COMPELS THEM TO BE SO QUARANTINED ONLY DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER. •t »? A campaign tn capture and destroy all stray dogs will be started at once. Persons who value their digs should keep them oil the >treels, as dogs at large are verv likely to be bitten by rabid dogs.