Dear Editor,

It rained a lot that night and the following Sunday morning animal lover, Paul Gonsalves, took his dog for a walk on Eping Ave. He noticed a dog tied to a stake in the ‘green’ area where people dump their garbage so he immediately went back to his house and called me, describing what he had seen. He said, “Walk with a snare because the dog looks vicious.” I got food, sling, snare, muzzle, gloves and my dog kennel and drove to the location. The male dog was tied quite a way into the dirty, muddy and wet area. I called to him and got such a friendly response, his tail was flipping all over. His condition was sad, almost no hair, parts of his skin black, an open sore on his face and very malnourished. While he ate the food, we patted him, telling him he would be ok and was going to a better place. I could not believe how happy he was to go with Paul and me. We put him into the kennel and drove him to the GSPCA.

He was euthanized the next morning.

While I want to believe that most people are kind to animals, I cannot get over the cruelty of some. This animal was treated so badly. He went with some inhumane human not knowing where he was going, only to be tied to a stake and left in the rain in a muddy, garbage infested field. Yet he still had faith in mankind, wagging his tail when he saw us coming.

Thanks to Paul Gonsalves for looking out for animals in distress.

I want to congratulate the compassionate Oliver Insanally for being re-elected President of the GSPCA. I would also kindly ask the committee to continue to sponsor TV commercials imploring people not to stray their animals.

“Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is also in danger of viewing human life as worthless.” Albert Schweitzer

Yours faithfully,
Syeada Manbodh