SECTION 2
　In our second year,/we visited an animal shelter.// A staff member explained,/“Last year/some 1,150 dogs were brought here.// About 350 were returned/or given to new owners.// The remaining 800 dogs were put down.”//
　We couldn’t make sense of the numbers.// We understood/that there were inevitable reasons,/but humans were to blame/for most of the deaths.//
　The next institution was cold and ugly.// A veterinarian calmly explained her job,/then broke into tears.// In a trembling voice,/she said,/“We don’t need places like this!”// She had become a vet/to save lives,/but her work was the opposite.//
　Outside,/we saw sacks of bones/for garbage pick-up.//