CRUELTY IN COURSING.
(To tlie Ecruor.i >ir. 'A Lover ot •'reyhoundt*" dot* not put irp much of ;i defence in 1 lie interests of coursing, a* kindness to animals is essentia! to a balanced and gentle mind. A niomcut's reflection '•night 10 convince any rational person that the hare is in a state of terror from the time, it is pursued —in fact I have seen hares and rabbits drop dead a« the dogs gained upon them. Before taking pleasure in coursing the sufferings of the hare had to be ignored, 'but it "A Lover of Greyhounds" was placed in the same (inclosirre and chased by a bull-dog he would see very little sport in it— the 100 yards' start of course conceded. The farther wo recede from barbarism the more delicate is the sense of wrong wheu avoidable pain is caused to innocent, helpless and dumb creatures. If the aspirations of present-day humanity consisted in working "upwards and letting tlie brute die"' the different formfe of cruelty which give ecstasy to degenerates would have lo be eliminated.— I am. etc.. "JOHN Cri.VTVKN.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 86, 11 April 1922, Page 8
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183CRUELTY IN COURSING. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 86, 11 April 1922, Page 8
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