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<font style="font-size:12pt;" face="Verdana" size="3">Buddy's story is heart-wrenching and I wish godspeed to him. Further, I can only applaud those who did their best to prevent Buddy's death.<br><br>To honour this dog's memory, might I suggest that we take it upon ourselves to improve the lives of other Buddies? That might be by sitting on the Board of one's local animal shelter, by adopting a dog or cat, by helping out in a tangible way (trap-neuter-release for cats or providing food for dogs whose owners are down on their luck, for example). <br><br><br>Veronica Woodruff<br><br><br>(Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia)<br><br> <br id="FontBreak"></font><br><br><font style="" color="#7030a0">"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Ralph Waldo Emerson<br></font> </div></body>
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