Word: pets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...year long readers contributed an avalanche of Man of the Year suggestions. Richard Nixon received the most votes - both as hero and villain. Other choices ranged from Chicken Tycoon Frank Perdue and Heavyweight Champ Muhammad Ali to the beagle on our recent pet cover (on the grounds that the U.S. is going to the dogs). Within TIME, the process of selection began in early October when the managing editor invited other editors and bureau chiefs to submit nominations. A remarkable degree of consensus resulted: along with a number of New York-based editors, 18 bureau chiefs round the world mentioned...
Will TIME'S cute animal pictures on the cover and inside [Dec. 23] inspire thousands to race out to join the American petmania? Or will they read the copy and consider the serious social, economic, health and safety problems that are caused by many pet owners not acting responsibly...
...realistic effort to improve the lot of domestic animals should logically begin with population control. Many pet owners are opposed to surgical sterilization of cats and dogs on the sentimental ground that they should not be denied the joy of having families -which is like telling a hungry peasant that he needs to have 16 children for his peace of mind. Female cats and dogs derive little pleasure from their squalling litters, which in most cases have to be sold or given away a few weeks after birth, and may even then be abandoned...
Fees and Fines. While private vets charge around $50 to sterilize a cat or dog, Los Angeles has introduced a model system of clinics that spay females for $17.50 and neuter males for $11.50, including all required shots. By thus limiting the number of abandoned pets, the city saves money. Increasingly, reputable dealers like Manhattan's Fabulous Felines will not sell a pet unless the buyer signs a binding contract to have it sterilized...
...Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists proposes as a next step higher licensing fees and fines for violations of leash laws, to "encourage more responsible pet ownership"; the added revenue would go to sterilization clinics. The authors also advocate a tax on pet food-1% would yield $25 million a year-to be used, for example, to finance shelters for abandoned or unwanted pets and underwrite educational programs. Pet lovers have also urged the creation of compulsory high school courses and adult seminars in animal behavior...