Correspondence: Dogs on and off the leash

Edited by Moristotle

[Items of correspondence are not attributed; they remain anonymous. They have been chosen for their inherent interest as journalism, story, or provocative opinion, which may or may not be shared by the editor or other members of the staff of Moristotle & Co.]

Moristotle, how well do you wash your hands after you & Siegfried return from your poop patrols? The story “The Parasite on the Playground” from The New York Times [Laura Beil, January 16] points out that “Adult Toxocara roundworms live in the small intestines of infected cats and dogs. The eggs are excreted in their feces.” And “they can be ingested by children playing outside; the worm’s larvae have been found in the brain...perhaps impairing development.” [Read more.]
    [Uh, not as well as I should, I see!]

Dog found frozen to ground

“People are leaving dogs to freeze to death in the bitter cold” [Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, January 4] Excerpt:

Police in Hartford, Conn., charged a woman Thursday with animal cruelty in connection with a grim scene reported by a neighbor on New Year’s Day: a dog chained to a small shelter outside a home — and frozen solid.
    The incident was one of several similar deaths reported in recent days as bitter cold grips the eastern United States, prompting animal rescue organizations and local authorities to issue warnings about giving pets shelter.

It is is too cold for you- it is too cold for your pet. Like people, cats and dogs are susceptible to frostbite and hypothermia and should be kept inside.
    — Stuart Police Dept. (@cityofstuart) January 3, 2018

Several of the deaths occurred in Ohio. In Toledo, a dog was found frozen to death on a front porch last week. Three other frozen dogs were discovered over two days this week in Franklin County, Ohio, a shelter told a local television station. Authorities in Butler County, north of Cincinnati, said Wednesday that they had charged the owners of one deceased dog with cruelty to a companion animal.
    “The dog was found in an outside dog house with no insulation. The dog was frozen to death due to the severe cold weather,” read a Facebook post from the office of county sheriff Richard K. Jones. “Sheriff Jones would like to remind everyone that freezing to death is a horrible way for an animal to die.” [read more]

It was me who left that anonymous comment about Trump on your poop patrol post.
    [Thanks for identifying yourself. It’s good to know who the at-least-one-other-person-in-the-world is who shares my own estimation of Donald Trump.]

By David Lance Goines

This is a kind of fun:
    A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

A lake in Akershus county, Norway

Rosa Moss Bridges, Ireland

Neutron stars colliding

Don’t you find, some days, that you feel a little less immortal than you do on other days?

Grateful for correspondence, Moristotle