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rilhe first week of this ; X month the Humane ' ‘ Society of the United States • and the United States Postal • Service (USPS) joined to rec’ ognize National Dog Bite • Prevention Week. Let us recJ ognize this as a daily prob• lem, not an annual obser« vance.
There is nothing funny J about dogs yapping, snapping 2 and attacking mail carriers. > This sort of thing has been • the subject of jokes and car£ toons for too long. According J to the HSUS and USPS there 2 have been more than 4.7 milI* lion victims bitten each year, L many of them children.
Most dog bite incidents can be prevented through > public education and reasonr able pet ownership. Dog trainers, educators, veterinarians and others who work with dogs know that dog bites • are not caused by “bad dogs”, ! but by irresponsible dog ownJ era. Dogs who have not been properly socialized to other > persons, who are not super> vised or-safely confined, who > are not sterilized, or who ; receive little attention and
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