To the editor: Canines have proven us their optimistic traits for eons, making human lives higher in numerous methods, one among which is companionship. As such, most canines really feel protecting of their guardian and their property. Nevertheless, if that canine is unleashed within the entrance backyard space or is thought to be particularly delicate to guests to that property and turns into aggressive, then issues may happen.
Such a state of affairs might be regrettably skilled by postal employees, who’re merely doing their assigned jobs of delivering mail (“Los Angeles tops nation in dog attacks on postal workers, again,” Might 29). The truth that these assaults in opposition to service employees occur so usually in L.A., greater than in different cities, is completely unacceptable. Not solely can an encounter with an aggressive canine end in harm to a postal employee, however it will probably additionally result in the town having to pay a considerable financial quantity to the sufferer.
Some canine breeds, corresponding to pitbulls and rottweilers, have reputations as being harmful to susceptible individuals, and lots of are to be discovered dwelling in much less prosperous, usually crime-ridden neighborhoods, which might be much more of a problem for postal employees. It’s important that guardians/house owners handle their canines throughout supply occasions lest such an unlucky encounter occur. Thanks for reminding readers of this chance.
Elaine Livesey-Fassel, Los Angeles
