THE KILLING OF STRAY DOGS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19986, 22 July 1930, Page 13

THE KILLING OF STRAY DOGS.

' \tO rHB JPMTOB or THJJ PEB3S - - i'jfo.—T have been laid up this fort-. ' jjgjta ami could take no part in the iMp&toion between the S.P.C.A. and ||>|))tr Societies about tho best method ffii'Suposing. of stray 3, in the event of |§|w homes being found for them. If KB poisoning methods Ijave been ruled «by the City Council, it is needless. them:'besides which, I havo Wfm first-hand observations to go upon, con'nwion with, poisons, i . ' The one. point I would like to stress > U that if a lethal chamber worked by chloroform or gas of some kind is the method adopted, it will not be satisfactory unlasi" it'is properly managed. I_ have had soipe, jjfst-hund observation of Mailing,: ami l T can testify that if lethallisg is -badly done, that , is, if the stuff iaiof poor quality, or if many animals are bundled in together, or if the machine is worked by someone wha (Ipesri't understand it, then in thaw conditions lethalling is not- a jfflWane form of killing: very much toe*contrary' ■• • Possibly; the method' of vaporising and dosing with the wag bag" improved with the advent w.pew types of lethal chamber. It "8° "tliat r saw- it iu sffijff-. could no doubt work up a IMM fOr an up-to-date lethal chamber jHSIKIRY® it to the City Council; but it iM&mt equally important to get- a gnarantee of competent 3■■gptagMnent of the chamber, other't s object.—

4s! i' ' U. NORTHCGTE. July 21st. 1930. ■''jt® J» 118 KOIIOB OF THE PBESS js so much valuable time Iflp u p councils, societies, and well as valuable space in Ifißra OTer the various methods {■RgPEOpng qtray dogs? Individuals hold important positions jflpgfod this controversy to apand full of dithculffljJS| *"* V the unemployment prohiem, trade depression appear in comparison The whole chambers and all. , 1S me. I would suggest the epiployed by the late Sir James IsEfijWjPi' tia a certain large Maori North Island of its surplus rawßßßlS*' l I'he neighbouring rlin * I JMPffli 'yere continually troubled by pa worrying- their sheep, wore futile, and it was JlHgmfotj-y to get the Maori owners §j|ffiß'their Khuries. One of tne ■JHBpfti *poke to a Parliamentary ®;/bw in the hope of relw-f *he Ifsffi* *•*' that Jimmj Carroll was fflwt. a? w h®t he could do lIIBhBBL I°*° T°' f " ,t ' "'i" 4 ' his '®" 'SBR'TMit, and were determined to rjfißfffp™* freedom of their (logs. He all the solemn of a great chief, and JOM* ceremonial no?e-r"bbing to a great, gathering f-MP' " ,|M " far and near, al' wondering what attitude 'aMBHBW wou'tT take up. Jimmy iMHß&Ohcierfn) bration nt K r ? fl fine quaVties of th igMWfertte tribe gathfiffect" before

him—of' their great warriors . their great courage, and of the battles they had won against tremendous odds. He went down the whole history oi the tribe, ''and to-day," he said, "we have the descendants of those great warriors gathered together and ready to fight for—dogs!" (with a gesture of his hand)—"dogs!" (and with a final withering grimace of contempt)— "dogs!" . The effect was magical. The various chiefs brought out their muskets. Any useful dogs were immediately tied up, and their owners made off next day to register them. The rest were destroyed. The ancestors of Cr. Fraer, I'm sure, fought for the freedom of Scotland at • Bannockburn; those of Dr. Ttacker gave a good account of themselves for Ireland at the- Boyne; while Cr. Jones's forebears, I'm sure, had a hand or- a sword in the glorious deeds for Wales. But all these gallant ancestors • would • -oortainly turn in their graves if they heard their 1930 descendants gathered together and debating at great length on—dogs. • • Now.' Mr -Editor, if you give me a box of cartridges, a shot gun, a nice uniform like Inspector Macintosh's, and Rialking rights. I'll guarantee to silence, a few of-the strays that make sleep impossible around by neighbourhood (Fendalton). T could start before breakfast on the marauding brute that pollutes my cabbages, and tries to set down on the milk bottle at the back door. I'm a lover of animals, but I like them in their place. At present 1 own a well-bred, well-man-nered. and registered collie sheep dog., p'ho is ohained'Up-every night without fail to his kennel at the far end of Hie section -Tf-there is any nonsense from him during the niVht he hears from me Hop:ng to see the ranger up my street in the immediate future. v " ,,rs ' rto " DOGS! July 21st, 1930.