VET SPEAKS UP

To the Editor:
Ms. Saffran calls me “extremist” and “fanatic” (Letters, Oct. 2). Let me set the record straight. Since graduating at the top of my Harvard undergraduate and my Cornell veterinary school classes, I have served as a consultant for cruelty case investigations on behalf of shelters and law officers. With the New York State Humane Association, I teach seminars on cruelty case investigations to law and animal control officers, and for my work in this area I received awards from the New York State Troopers, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Humane Society of the U.S., to name a few. I am a contributing Read more

FAIRYTALE RIDE OR DATED ABUSE?

Ricky is a 12-year-old pale gray Percheron with a draft horse’s powerfully muscled legs, a gentle demeanor and the ability to make gaggles of young would-be models squeal with delight. He pulls the white carriage with lavender trim that starred in the Disney movie Enchanted—kids are always recognizing it and begging their parents for a ride, says Ricky’s driver, Chantel Semanchik-and wears a matching lilac sprig of feathers Read more