European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes tuesday september 20,1994 pet cruelty May Start life of violence dhar Ann Landers i just read your column about the Little boy who was cruel to animals. I thought you might be interested in this article written by Betsy Sikora Siino which appeared in dog fancy Magazine. I know it s too Long to print but i Hope you will share parts of it with your readers. Animal fan dear fan merc it is with my thanks for sending it my Way. A shared cry each Day we hear of increasingly violent crimes committed by increasingly troubled individuals. Their childhoods reveal violent parents inappropriate discipline neglect emotional Ann Landers repression. And you find animal abuse. An abusive individual who chooses a child As a victim almost invariably begins that violent behaviour with Ani Mals. As difficult and unpleasant As it May be to explore this relationship acknowledging it could spell Sal vation for countless victims in this tragic Cycle. We speak of pets As members of the family a notion generally referred to in the warm fuzzy sense. But dear Abby 1 am enclosing your column that inspired me to quit smoking. It was t right away it took me three tries before i actually quit but it will be one year on sept. 20-. i used the nicotine Patch method and it worked for me. Please Tell your readers that they can do. It. I am so glad i quit now my two Small sons will never have to watch me die from smoking. Abby please print that column again. Michelle in Omaha re Annex. Dear Abby ear Michelle congratulations on the first anniversary of your liberation from tobacco. Thank you for sharing your Good new with me. My readers May be interested in seeing the column that inspired you to quit smoking dear Abby i have been carrying around a letter i clipped fro your column several years ago. For me it was the most important column you have Ever written. I am begging you to run it again. It had such a Strong Impact on two people i love very much. I truly believe i saved their lives. Vicki in Annapolis my. Pear Vicki with apologies to those who dislike reruns Here it is quibble come it s oml1/ eight o i Ocic. Taj just ate Inife torm t four Hooks i a 6lftrmin6l a Watt am 1 Goi gtd in Jolt Thuc a a a / tic Iii. Mrs truck a i cohe7 r there can be a dark Side to a pet s role As family Mem Ber when a family is infected by violence the animals in that household Are just As Likely to be victims As the human individual who abuses and expresses rage and humiliation through violence does not choose a Large Vir Ile subject As a victim. The first victims Are often animals. While animals May remain a favored target the violence expands to include humans usually the abuser s own child. This child while suffering the perpetrator s brutality May watch the abuser Hurt or even kill a family pet or the child May turn on the pet himself. Taken to the extreme this can Lead to the creation of a societal monster. Ted Bundy Albert Desalvo the Boston Strangler and Jeffrey Dahmer Are Only a few of the notorious serial killers who began their careers with animals most victims of such abuse do not become serial killers but those who work to protect animals Chil Dren battered spouses and the elderly see the deadly effects every Day of what these individuals do become. The late anthropologist Margaret Mead once wrote one of the most dangerous things that can happen Toa child is to kill or torture an Anima land get away with it a letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at to. Box 11562, Chi Cago Iii 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate give dear Abby july 7, 1989 i am writing this letter in the waiting room of the intensive care unit of the Boulder Colo Community Hospital. My Mother is on a Respirator be cause of severe lung damage. She has asthma and smoked cigarettes for 50 years. Now she has emphysema and pneumonia. Before she was hooked up to the Respirator she begged me to help her. Now i can Only Comfort her and Pray for her. For years the family asked her to quit smoking but it was something she could t or did t want to do. Aug. 6, 1989 i was interrupted when i started to write the above letter and am now Able to finish it. My Mother passed away on july 18. She was Only 65 years old. It s too late to save her now but it May not be too late for some of your readers. I Don t have a Mother now and my children Ages 12 and 18, Don t have a grandma anymore. Please please quit smoking How if not for yourself then for those who love you. Susan Ortez Denver dear Susan. My heart goes out to you and your family. If your let Ter inspires Only one person to quit smoking it will be Well Worth the space in this column. Thanks for writ ing. tetters or this column should be addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447, mount Morris 111.61054. C Universal press Syndicate across 1 Weir finance Gap Goneril s dad 9 Piglet s mom. 12 be in formed of 13 advantage 14 tin Man s prop 15 Content 17 first Down yardage 18 Yogi had a hand in it 19 occur rence 21 Kentucky Derby Wreath 24 conceal 25" poor York 26 trod 30 Perch 31 injures severely 32 got a secret 33 Landing place for Santa 35 impale 36 Ohio team 371814 treaty City 38 fast growing Vine 40 Mast 42 Pickle 43 spoofed 48 pigs digs 49pdq. 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