San Francisco exempted two stray dogs from its own laws
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#77JZP)

In 1860s San Francisco, the city routinely poisoned or trapped stray dogs. The city exempted Bummer and Lazarus by name. Bummer was a black-and-white Newfoundland who lived on the sidewalk outside Frederick Martin's saloon on Montgomery Street, and he was an exceptional rat-killer. - Read the rest
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