Did we really have to have that disturbing photo in Tuesday’s [Sept. 23] of the dead cow moose being elevated by a rope to be weighed in Houlton? And that upsetting photo appeared next to a column with the headline “Pit bulls maul dog in Carmel.” Both the photo and the story about the pit bulls and the unfortunate German shepherd that was attacked were, to put it mildly, distressing.

In the future, could we perhaps have a little less jubilation about the opening of moose-hunting season and fewer distasteful photographs to accompany it?

Ralph Pettie

Blue Hill