Buckles Blog: Thousand Oaks #3

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Scan12724, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Melvin Koontz and "Jackie"

Anonymous said...: What happened to Jackie's teeth?; 30 March, 2010 09:44
Roger Smith said...: It had to have been a problem with dentition. Koontz never removed anything from his animals. Proving this, he was badly bitten during the time when he had to admit his sight was failing. He continued working as best he could, when he was bitten again, with the fangs penetrating the same injuries from which Mel was recovering. That was it. He retired, but did so without once having any animal surgically altered, a trait of character that earned him lasting respect.; 31 March, 2010 01:21

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