The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, December 18, 1994              TAG: 9412160028
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

CROSSING THE LINE

The SPCA won't get any money from me.

The other night when I saw the SPCA of Norfolk on television asking for donations, it made me sick.

Last month, my wife found a beautiful sheppard-mix puppy for our family at the Norfolk SPCA, but when the SPCA found out we lived in North Carolina, workers said we couldn't adopt. My wife left in tears.

After visiting the SPCA in Currituck County, we found a puppy. The one at the Norfolk SPCA probably got the lethal injection.

ROGER BASS

Moyock, N.C., Dec. 7, 1994 by CNB