" Our dog Max " - Your Turn - Cranston

 Sorry to read about Colleen Hutchin's dog Max - a hit and run

    victim somewhere on Cranston St. ( page C 5 Jan. 29 )

          Colleen needed $250.00 right away just to bring Max for X-rays

    at a veterinary emergency room . She says Max will need expensive

    surgery for an injured pelvic bone.

         I recall my heartbroken sister in law and my niece, Sue and Tara of

    Scituate , R.I. going through a similar ordeal when their Alaskan huskie

    Megan was hit by a car and required hip surgery. I recall that an animal

    humane society was kind enough to help with the bill. ( I'll get the name )

             Giving the guilty driver the benefit of the doubt, let me ask :

    Just what should one do when do after injuring a dog in the street or on

    a highway ? How soon will the police or the animal rescue league respond

    to a call for help ? Most people might assume that only the luckiest of

    animals is not doomed after being seriously injured on the street .

            Also I must ask why animal emergency rooms must be so mercenary.

    Can't they offer the pet's family a reasonable installment plan ?

          Care FIRST, bill later ! Hospitals for people might also heed this

    suggestion .