A BROADER HUMANITY
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—ln neighbouring columns of your Saturday's issue there appeared a plea for the godwit, on wing from the Arctic, and also a casual reference to the treatment extended to another visitor—on fin from the Antarctic;—a sea lion. This most interesting and' harmless creature was wounded and chased in our harbour" Whilst in no way disparaging efforts for bird protection, might not more be done by emphasising the appeal made by Wordsworth—''Never to blend our pleasure or our pride with sorrow of the meanest thing that feels"? Are we not in danger of becoming rather birdsided? The greater includes the less. Indeed, in this, a country deriving its income from live stock, it is particularly important to maintain a high standard of all-round humanity. The merciful man is merciful to his beast, but even if he is not by nature kind, it would pay him to be so. Until thero is more cultivation of the spirit of general kinduess, there is not much hope for our native birds.—l am, etc., ELLEN YICKERS HOWELL. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 69, 19 September 1932, Page 9
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178A BROADER HUMANITY Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 69, 19 September 1932, Page 9
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