AN APPEAL TO MOTORISTS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] sm—However careful a driver may be, there are occasions when it is impossible to avoid running over a dog. To the majority of drivers this is a horrible calamity. To hear the cries of pain, to be unable to alleviate the suffering, are in themselves enough to spoil the day's enjoyment.
It may therefore be of interest to motorists to know that in Bucks, a county where many accidents of this kind occur, there is an excellent Shelter, to which all injured animals can be taken, or, if unable to be moved, they will be visited where they lie. This Dogs' Shelter is at Lovel Road, Chalfont St. Peter. Tel. : Gerrards Cross 560. Emergency cases are taken any time, and the place is open on Sunday, when so many accidents occur. Already this year 124 animals have been received, and 500 a year is a fair average of those treated, cured, or destroyed. It is incredible to find so useful an institution in danger of closing for want of funds.
May I suggest that all motoring in Bucks should pay this Shelter a visit, and if they have not caused any dog an injury, then drop a coin in the box as a thank-offering ?—I am,
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