MASTIFF AND FISHHOOK.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 948, 15 October 1910, Page 4

MASTIFF AND FISHHOOK.

THE EESOUKCEFUL' COLONIAL.

...According to Inspector' Seed, of the Society,, for the Prevention: of Cruelty to Animals,. tlie colonial youth" has an in- 'V ventlve mind, and is seldom, at 'a loss in an emergency. .. . . ... "I \nll,give you an instance," said the Inspector, to a Dominion representative. : On Wednesday I was called out to Sea-' toun Ito sec a ; valuables mastiff, which" had a.- fish-hook , embedded ■ in-- its lower jaw inside its mouth. ..I advised the.boya to ; get a ,'vet.,' i who-:-.wonld chloroform ■ tho dog, and, then extract -the hook,-- but a .'vet'' was not- available, so • they s : tackled • the -- job. .themselves.' After wrestling, with the animal, whioh was'in greats pain, they gave .him; a -'drink : of milk' and.made . him- as r comfortable as . ; possible for the night.' 5 The next morning -. five of the. lads sot .to again. . They got.the animal Vjaws apart,-, and chook- ■ ed them .open. Then, as they held him ■ as still as possible, l one of- the boys cut off the piece of the hc-ok that .was projecting with, a pair -of pliers;*' After ; £hat" was over- they gavo him ' a spell; then went; at.-it again, and-got'out-the whole . of.the hook. l English twys would never , have done , such-. athing—they - < would I have summoned perhaps, :but - it-would,never enter.':into:their heads to do the thing, themselves." - •