Word: raker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Anne Raker [above left], owner of Ambelon Kennels in Lincoln, bred 120 Old English Sheepdogs over 18 years. But last year she stopped breeding in order to start rescuing abandoned sheepdogs. In only one year she placed 54 neglected dogs in new homes. Some of the dogs arrived with hair so thickly matted that Raker could cut off the coat in a single piece, exposing underneath a very thin dog riddled with worms. Dogs with neglected coats are susceptible to eczema, and flies lay eggs in warm, moist infected areas...
Reports of abandoned sheepdogs reach Raker by word of mouth from Maine, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. A $50 donation from the adopting owners goes toward organizing more rescue efforts. Raker encourages breeders of other dogs to start similar programs. She says, "It's only those people with a thorough knowledge of their breed who can intervene effectively and relocate these welfare dogs to appropriate homes...
...Pulitzer-prizewinning biography of Mark Twain. Lincoln Steffens appears at a time when the achievements of his particular brand of muckraking, like that of Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair and Ray Stannard Baker, are all but forgotten. Today is the age of megamuck and a more sophisticated breed of raker. With the exception of Watergate, the corrective campaigns of S.S. McClure's magazine, where Steffens and his colleagues launched their crusades, have been largely institutionalized. Now the work is done by civic-action groups-like Ralph Nader and his teams of faceless young researchers-as well as by lawyers, governmental...