AR-News: (NC) Holidays pose new dangers to pets

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12/7/2003 6:05 PM
By: Anjanette Flowers, News 14 Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tom Watson is a veterinarian that owns six dogs. When it 
came time to decorating his Christmas tree this year, he had to make sure he 
did so wisely. 
It was a lesson learned the hard way after his dogs chewed on the lights one 
year. Watson has been more careful ever since.
"If it's a real small dog like a Datsun, they're not going to be able to 
reach real high on the tree, so you can put your ornaments down fairly low at that 
point,” he said. “With a big dog like Bear-- our dog that's a hundred pounds 
-- his tail will clean out the instruments and you have glass balls that are 
broken and then cut paws."









full story:

http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/?ArID=48092&SecID=2


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victim is human or animal, we cannot expect things to be much better in this 
world, we cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living 
creature.  By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight 
in killing we set back the progress of humanity." Rachel Carson
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