Re: “Aurora: Retail sales of cats, dogs banned,” Sept. 6 news story<\/p>\n
As I read the headline announcing that Aurora had banned the sale of dogs and cats in pet stores, I immediately thought of Elijah McClain, who, until his unconscionable violent death, spent time playing violin for shelter animals so that they wouldn’t feel lonely. I was so touched by his tale that I named my own rescue pup after him. Both my beautiful boy and his angelic human namesake would be heartened by this law, designed to further animal adoption.<\/p>\n
Thank you, Aurora!<\/p>\n
Karen Dawn, Santa Barbara<\/em><\/p>\n Good for Aurora for prohibiting the sale of dogs from puppy mills. With the Denver area’s overpopulation of dogs, that is an environmentally sound decision.<\/p>\n As an extremely allergic person, it is disgusting and dangerous to have restaurant patrons bringing in sniffing, jumping dogs and claim they are service animals. That is unfair to those who need a service animal trained to perform a particular task.<\/p>\n As a member of the 15% of persons with allergies to animals, my places to patronize are becoming increasingly limited. There are no allergy-friendly dogs. Allergens include hair, dander, saliva, urine and feces residue.<\/p>\n Even owning dogs as pets is environmentally harmful, with the amount of meat production that goes into feeding pets. Our land is being saturated with dog urine and dog poop is either left where it lands or a plastic sack is utilized for disposal. It seems many people cannot leave the house without their pet impeding the rights of people with allergies.<\/p>\n Sue Ellison, Golden<\/em><\/p>\n Based on recent columns, maybe you should rename the \u201cIn Brief\u201d column on the left side of page 2 as the \u201cLatest Shootings\u201d column.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Sept. 7, all three stories were about shootings, and most days have at least one or two. I suspect that given there are more guns than people in the United States and that some people think that the Second Amendment means it\u2019s OK to use a gun as a means of self-expression, you won\u2019t have any problem keeping it filled up.<\/p>\n Steve Pomerance, Boulder<\/em><\/p>\n Every day I\u2019m struck by how many crimes listed in your \u201cIn Brief\u201d column are supposedly committed by someone on an active or outstanding warrant. So, if the perp was put in jail for the previous offense, would the reported crime not have happened?<\/p>\n How about The Denver Post doing an in-depth analysis of the percentage of violent and property crime committed in the Denver Metro (not state or nationwide) by repeat offenders on bail? Then compare the results to, say, 2000 or 1980, when the political environment was different than today. The analysis could include a summary of the viewpoints of judges on why they are not jailing these offenders. They might provide insight into the court\/justice infrastructure that is in need of repair.<\/p>\n“In Brief” stories full of crime<\/h4>\n