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68 Help animals in another way, by getting your new dog license if your state demands one, very promptly.

The town must be kept a safe place for the domestic animals that live in it. It is not right to leave poison about for cats and dogs, or to abandon a horse, a dog, or a cat that is diseased or dying. This is not only cruel to the animal itself but puts other animals in danger. Watch, too, for any person who drops glass, nails, pieces of metal, or any substance that might wound or injure an animal on the public roads.

There are certain special relations of children to animals that the Government of your state would like you to remember. You have seen the fire engine, drawn by the swiftest, most beautiful horses in the town, go dashing up your street. You have seen the ambulance, too, whirling by as if curries some sick or wounded person to the hospital. Many cities have special ambulances for injured animals in which they are taken to the veterinary hospital. A boy likes to see these ambulances pass, or to follow them closely on his wheel. Uncle Sam would rather not have you do this. He even goes so far, in some states, as to say that it is against the law to get in the way of a fire engine or an ambulance.

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