To the Editor:
Re “Dog Eat Your Taxes?” (Op-Ed, July 9):
It may be amusing for Ray D. Madoff to criticize Leona Helmsley’s charitable giving by saying her fortune “is going to the dogs,” but those of us who give to the Humane Society of the United States and other animal-rescue organizations feel otherwise.
After Hurricane Katrina, after the floods in the Midwest, after the fires in the West, the humane societies across the country rescued and cared for lost animals and then sought to reunite them with their owners.
This may seem one of the “whims of the wealthy” to Mr. Madoff, but it’s not to pet owners.
Maybe the work of the humane societies doesn’t equate to the Rockefeller Foundation’s Green Revolution, but it certainly doesn’t deserve mockery.
Joel R. Gardner
Cherry Hill, N.J., July 9, 2008
Note from KBJ: All of my donations go to animal-welfare organizations. Humans can take care of themselves; domesticated animals cannot.
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