AnimalLover,

My husband and I had already sent letters to our representatives at the behest of the HSUS. One would think that this message board would be a good place to find people who would be sympathetic to this cause but, sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case as I see your message is a couple of days old with only 1 reply! I'm really surprised.

I first became aware of the problem with antifreeze a few years ago when I found an escaped dog. The dog was a beautiful, young red husky but seemed kind of sickly. I tracked down the owner and when she came over to pick up her dog she said that he probably drank some antifreeze because people leave it out to kill coyotes. It appalls me to think that people around here would do that. These people aren't trying to protect their livestock or their livelihood, but they don't want coyotes around for whatever reason. I wonder how they'll like it when their places are overrun with rats because there are no coyotes around to keep the rat population down. And don't they care that their actions are causing pain & suffering in innocent animals, both wild and domestic? Obviously not.

Well, keep up the good fight with the few soldiers you're able to recruit. And, hopefully, someday, those of us who care will prevail.

Candy