59. The author wrote this story mainly to
A. straggle against
the war in Iraq started by
the US
B. discuss whether
parents should be included when children are questioned
C. warn
teenagers not to post web pages on websites
D. criticize the
former governors who vetoed the bill
B
When Nathan Winograd announced that he was leaving his job as a lawyer
in California
to nm an
animal shelter in Tompkins County, New York,
his father looked at him for a long minute and then
asked, "What do dogs and eats need a
lawyer for?"
The move meant
giving up eight weeks' vacation, an office with a view of the San Francisco Bay
and a big house among the redwoods, and moving to a rural area known for its
harsh winters. But Winograd' s wife, Jennifer, also
an animal lover, was all for it. So they packed everything they owned, and with
two young children, plus two dogs, and a bunch of cats Winograd
had rescued, drove cross-country.
On the second
day, they had no room for six more puppies they received. They found an old
horse
trough, failed it with hay and nestled the
animals inside. They placed it next to the front desk, and within
a day or two, all six had homes, adopted by
people who walked into the shelter and couldn' t
resist.
Blind dogs, eats
with missing limbs-- all find homes. "There is no dog or cat too old, too
ugly or
too undesirable not to be adopted by
someone," says Winograd.
Today, Tompkins County
is considered the only no-kill county in the United States. Nine out of ten
dogs and cats that come through the shelter
doors axe saved. Only animals with incurable injuries or illnesses, and the
truly evil, are put down. The national average is half of all dogs and 70
percent of
cats, totaling more than four million
animals last year alone.
Even though he drives
an old car that leaks when it rains, and his family lives on a tight budget
while his classmates from Stanford Law earn
six-figure salaries, Winograd says he' s doing what
he' d
always wanted to 'do when he grew up: nm an
animal shelter and save all the animals.
As a young district
lawyer, he kept his goal in mind, starting when he raised his first animal
cruelty
case. A man was accused of intentionally
setting his brown cat on fire. Winograd made his
case, and the
abusive owner was sentenced to prison.
It was the first of
many such cases, and he raised each with vigor. But the senseless violence,
neglect and ignorance never failed to shock
him. He decided simply, "I need to get to the other side and
start saving these animals."
Now, Winograd is helping to save thousands, even millions.
"I'm convinced that a no-kill nation is
possible. I'm just here trying to shorten
the time until it arrives."