CRUELTY TO BIRDS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 64, 12 September 1924, Page 11

CRUELTY TO BIRDS

■ TO THE EDITOR. lo^;~?emiit m? to'i°»i with "Bird Lover m expressing tho hope that soma acion may be possible to preventlht ! use of bn-d-hme for the capture of wild restV H°' r tl™* ™* Pass « ° jest of their lives m unnatural captivity Ihere are many practices, such as the trappmg ot .rabbits, which entail- suffer' "g, yet are defensible on the ground of human necessity. The practice to which 1 take exception does not come under this category j; it serves'no useful purpose, and could be discontinued without any loss to humanity. Not only are boys aJid young men to be often semi engaged in this idle-and ciuel pursuit, but they not infrequently leave the limed' sticks in position when they take their departure. ; The miserable fate, of any birds caught unobserved m. uni'equented localities, is apparently of little moment. .. . J Another form of cruelty widely practised is the confinement" of songbirds in very small cages. No bird can keep healthy without the proper use of its wings, and yet we see tiny cages, some only a few inches square; in which s*l!---tary canaries spend years of misery me owners are not intentionally cruel, bub merely lacking in imagination. Since public opinion is not yet educated up to the point of prohibiting the cagin°- o f birds,- some regulation of the size of cages is sorely needed.—l am, etc., ,„„"„ ' y GOLDFINCH. 11th September.