European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 26. 1987 the stars and stripes Page Ann Landers dear raiders sir Casl months to i opened the floodgates by printing a letter from � Reader whose child had been i rocked by Pil Bull and nearly died. 1 a swamped with Etton from readers who re counted hit in Tinc Stork about relatives ind friends who were similarly Al Laloi i printed those tetters t  Bond from Bun dra of pit Ball Otmis and bred in by Tregl As a informed and  there we i menacing Lone to Many of Itose letters. Amid Ibe att Erical ranting was a we of Reumen by my will no plan who writes for the Wellington putt Wrhen Gnyp. Hut ire sorr excerpts from i pit bulb have inflicted 21 of the nation s 29 fatal canine attack since 1983. Fourteen of the victims have been children under 6 years of age. Etch Story of a Muir baled youngster s body Lorn by the Vise like jaws that close with 1,800 pounds of pressure ripping off flesh with sure intent to kill is More appalling than the last. In Philadelphia the Pil Bull count has soared from 25 to 4,000 in five years. Time Magazine report the animal Are often fed Gunpowder or hot sauces to make them mean and live Kittens to Sharpen their taste for blood. The humane society of the United Stales reports that Many pit bulls involved in attacks on humans had been bred and trained for dogfights. Dog lighting is a felony in 36 slates pit bulls have become the weapon of Choice Legal but More terrorizing than guns. They Are Ideal for holding police at Bay while an illegal stash disappears Down a toilet. Baltimore police officer Bert Ricasa relates How a pit Bull attacked and bit him four times As he tried to arrest a suspected narcotics dealer. Officer Ricasa was Able to draw his service revolver and pump several shots into the dog As it dug its Teeth into his thigh. But a colleague had to club the dying dog on the head and then use a night stick 10 pry its aws Loose. Rushed to the emergency room. Officer Ricasa required 400 stitches. Dog owner groups and Kennel clubs argue that Pil bulls Aren t the problem. They say in is humans who Breed and raise the animals improperly. This argument is fallacious. Bull terriers however amiable Fiey appear have a Mark of Cain in their genetic history. They were tint bred not to retrieve game or Herd sheep but to kill in fierce combat. Dogs Aren t entitled to constitutional Protection. The owner right to have a dangerous dog Mutt hop Short of Bis neighbor s Throat there is a real question whether dangerous dog ordinances will deter Many of the Back Alley types now Breeding pit bulls for ill purposes. Or that the Law will Stop Rural thugs like the Bunch in Grant pats ore., recently fowl to have 2i Pil bulls chained around heir marijuana farm. . Animal control Laws Are a neglected mess. The pit Bull attacks fit a pattern of laxness. The message to local governments is to Clamp Down not later but Bow. I Fay amen to Neal Pierre s recommendation. There will be no More about pit bulls in this space Bill if my Early columns were instrumental in calling attention to tit continuing Nightmare i m delighted. By Angl pm Tim i syn Duli column ii Len mryl it Lomei four itt tars. To can Warui to no in Cut of the 51r� and St Tipti. Apo w211. . Nicaragua situation worries writer i have been following with particular interest an Issue hat 1 believe is not being Given the necessary attention by the average . Citizen. That is the Situa Tion in Nicaragua. I understand that people have other More important or should i rather say immediate concerns in their everyday life such As the . Deficits the Iran situation the unreliable Dollar the next raise or what the outcome of the nil strike will be. Cyl i think that the nicaraguan problem should be Given some conscious and objective thought. Granted the blame should not fall entirely on these people. After All they can Only form criteria from what is read in the newspapers or what polls find. Well the right people Are not being interviewed the right questions Are not being asked. The Media do not hesitate to crucify a High govern ment official because of something he did in his past a mistake that by our own human nature no one is exempt from making. Yel the Media do not even bother to ask about the past deeds of Nicaragua s president Daniel Ortega by this i do not mean within the last eight years since the revolutionary government took Power in the country. I am talking abut his outright terrorist actions against innocent nicaraguans before the revolution even started fre referring to the Mala Hari style missions on which the current Nicara Guan Secretary of culture embarked while fighting the revolution. Polls find that the majority of americana oppose Contra Aid. Surely americans have a right to say How their tax Money is spent. That is one of the greatest assets of this great system in which we live. But How can any poll be Complete without surveying those people who Are being directly affected this includes the hondurans who Are constantly being engaged in Border skirmishes the salvadorans who Are struggling with All their might to live in a demo cratic society and the Costa Kicanas whose impeccably democratic history and stability arc being threatened. The Only reason Why Costa Rica has not asked for . Assistance is because its own Constitution pro claiming neutrality forbids it americans never hear about Costa rican Border towns being terror i de and shot up or alleged Contra collaborators being executed by nicaraguan soldiers. I never read in the american press about in yer old Maximo Lopez who together with 14-year-old Delia Orozco survived a massacre in which his Mother and four Brothers were butchered in cold blood. Why were they killed their sin was to Long for peace. They were part of a 20-Membor group of peasants trying to flee toward Costa Rica s Safe grounds. They were ambushed. They were de senseless neither have i Ever heard from the local Media of the genocide that nicaraguan indians Are suffering. You might be asking yourselves Why the news peo ple never mention these Alro cites. What about All the investigative corny it is and press that have visited the country it s because whenever press or investigators visit they Are Given Oie red carpet treatment by the Sandi nistas. They go on a whirlwind Lour of the most Beautiful areas Are shown a Good Lime and Are sent off with bottle of Flor de Cana rum. Thus the news we read. Then we have the economic aspects of the situation. People Over there Are starving. What is the sandinista excuse the capitalist mongrels of the North Are to blame. For if it was t for their imperialist aggression we could Pul food on the shelves and not in our  yet none of the communist families Are lacking any thing. They live in Opp Lance stealing the country s treasuries and assets. Are the contras to be blamed for wanting to fight this outrage these Contra Are fighting today. When they fail tomorrow it Wilt be american boys fighting to contain the communist expansionism South of their own Border. I lived in the area most of my life and i am planning on going Back. I have seen it All Beard it ail Felt it All. In l not Good. For cod i Sake people Wake up pfc us a. Compel Humbert Germany cafes Catalon to offer More clothes after Reading the recent Lellen to the editor concern ing the cafes Catalon i feel i must put my two cents in. Why does t cafes offer More clothing items in its Catalon i realty Don t think it would Cut in on its store purchases very much since there is always a need for that. With Sean Cata logs Worth their weight in Gold Over Here i know that clothing items would sell Well particularly if they were inexpensive but Good Quality. I would like to be Able to Purchase them and i know Many other people would also. Beverly a. Goff Schweinfurt Germany editor s note i. Col. Juu Lle while Public affairs officer he cafes Europe replies you Are absolutely Correct a recently completed Cus Tomer Survey highlighted shh need. The pm rent Catalon clothing assortment to United to those Tendon and my plan who drop ship directly to the customer Iron their facility. Mray of them do this for us exclusively is the cafes Catalon a mouse i nol suitable for storage and handling of clothing. We Are continually searching for in platen who can store and Shrp directly to customers Antic hourly for Wott i us children s nothing. We Are aware of the need Tod Ai a overcome he physical problem ire will expand the Catl Lof la Thea Are. Sympathy expressed for escaped Monkey this is in response to the Story of the research Mon key who fled his daily ration of booze. When will we learn to use animals wisely is in Worth caging a living creature just to see if it will share in Man s abuses if caught the prospects Are indeed Bleak for Monkey no. 3, As he is named. Freedom will go from which tree to swing in to which Glass to drink from. The Experiment director said that the Monkey May be having the time of his life right now. 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