Sancho at protest over Northcross-Wal-Mart development March 1, 2008

WHERE WILL THE CHILDREN PLAY
AND THE DOGS RUN FREE?

Sancho, a five-year-old male bordie collie mix, is doggone mad about the "big cat" development planned in his neighborhood near Northcross Mall because he prefers clean air when he walks, said his "human," Debra Hanson, Ph.D. candidate in botany at UT Austin.



More cars going to Wal-Mart means more pollution where Sancho lives. Sancho believes that his street will start looking more like a thoroughfare than a residential street or like somewhere in Houston, says Hanson, who accompanied Sancho during his protest walk around what's left of the old Northcross Mall on Anderson Lane. Also part of Sancho's ensemble was Doug Dorst, a creative writing professor at St. Edward's University. The protest was organized by Responsible Growth for Northcross (RG4N).