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Roaming dogs beware
A reader writes: "Looks like the cockerel that lived at the Cutty Grass Track car park on Scenic Drive in the Waitakere Ranges for the past seven years has been killed by a dog. There are no stray dogs in the area, so that means someone has let their dog loose and it has killed the beautiful rodent controller and scrap eater. A few months ago, my neighbours let their dog roam free and it killed my hen, Shygirl, in front of me and my granddaughter. I held my lovely pet in my arms while she died. Animal Control seemed happy to let the dog's owner move it to his girlfriend's place. Guess they know that it won't kill pets if it lives somewhere else, and that small children will be safe too. I think in future I will deal with wandering dogs myself; the authorities appear scared to upset a killer's owner. I'm not."
Tenants hard done by too
"For every hard-done-by landlord, I reckon there are probably plenty more tenants being shafted," a reader writes. "I remember a few years ago my family and I were vacating a large rental in Mt Albert, which contractually required me to get the '2000-year-old' carpets professionally cleaned. I spent $600 doing the four-bedroom house. Two days later I drove past and saw the new owner ripping out the carpet and dumping it in a skip!"
