THOUGHTLESS CRUELTY
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—l should like to draw attention to two different forms of cruelty and thoughtlessness existing almost unnoticed in this community. First is the annual trap-shooting of birds, an account of which was given in various papers recently. Is it not time that this stupid slaughter of'our bird friends were put an end to? Scientists tell us that if it were'not for our birds all vegetation .Would be attacked by insect pests and cease to exist in an incredibly short time—in six months, according to the "Observer" of April 14. It needs little imagination to picture the slaughter of these little allies and benefactors of ours as they are released bewildered from the trap It is a revolting thing for this socalled civilised community to countenance and report without protest in our papers.
Secondly, as .an example of thoughtlessness and neglect, one has only to look at the beautiful shrubs withered and dying in the wooden tubs round our Town Hall. If they are watered it must be at most irregular intervals. Generally the soil' round them is baked as hard ai^ dry as the surface of the road, and their drooping and wilted appearance depresses every tree and Nature-lover who passes them. Could not regular attendance be given these shrubs?—l am, etc.,
HUMANITAS.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 52, 29 August 1935, Page 8
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