The Book of Baxter 27:15/7

The Year of the Great Famine.

Baxter had just returned from putting down a rebellion by the Saradites.

Baxter

Saradites

The Saradites were not a bright lot and refused to surrender so the best option had been to slaughter them all.
It had been a busy time but now Baxter was home and hungry after servicing all his wives.
A servant came to him and said, "Baxter, while you away there has been a great famine. We have nothing to eat."
Baxter stabbed him in the throat with his very sharp sword because it seemed like a humane thing to do for a starving guy.
Then Baxter summoned his best soldiers and told them to round up all the dogs in the city.

Then he instructed his army to build a slaughter house.

It stunk a bit around the area but soon there was meat for everyone. 

Baxter told his men that they would keep what was being produced in the factory to themselves. They sold the meat as beef. One up side was that Baxter was able to charge a very good price for the meat because there was nothing else to eat. Another up side was that, for ages, there was less dog shit around the city.

Once again the people owed a huge debt to Baxter. Dog walking sort of went out of fashion for quite a while. In some parts of the city other animals, like rats and ferrets, were put of leads and walked - old habits die hard.