DOG CATCHER STRIKE CRIPPLES NEW YORK

  If it’s not one damn thing, it appears to be another, as city-wide strike by dogcatchers has created an near state of anarchy here. Dogs, running in packs of more than 50, have been looting and burning in some neighborhoods of Queens and Brooklyn since last weekend. At press time, sewer rats, many larger than the rioting canines, have threatened to join the melee, forming a frightening alliance against the city’s feline population. Garbage workers, angered by the mess that all of this rioting has caused are refusing to work overtime and many are talking about relocating to Connecticut or New Jersey until peace can be restored.