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．"