AS November 5 approaches, could I plead with people not to let off the odd firework whenever they feel like it - please save them until the appropriate date.
Pet owners can sedate their pets on November 5 (not that that is particularly good for the pets), and can keep them indoors when there is an organised bonfire nearby on another evening (the Evening Press is helpful in publishing dates and times). But they cannot protect them against the terrors of unexpected bangs.
Parents, if you have firework-loving teenagers, please put this point of view to them.
And if readers are thinking it might be nice to have fireworks at a family or other celebration, at some other time, please consider the animals - wild animals as well as pets - and think of other ways to celebrate.
Margaret Birch,
Fenwick's Lane,
York.
Updated: 09:29 Saturday, October 27, 2001
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