PREVENTION OF CRUELTY

Evening Star, Issue 15515, 10 June 1914, Page 8

PREVENTION OF CRUELTY

The committee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals met yesterday, there, being present—Mr G. Fenwick (chairman), Mesdames Edwards, Smith, Porteous, Miss Porteous, Messrs Livingstone, Jeans, Mills, and T. S. Graham (secretary). Further correspondence in connection with the proposal emanating from Wellington for the establishment of a New Zealand society was read.—The Chairman briefly described the position, and said he understood that the feeling of the committee was that it was not desirable to open the matter up again.—lt was resolved that the committee adhere to their previous resolution, which was unfavorable to the movement.

The Secretary said he wanted to bring under the notice # of the committee a case that had appeared in the newspaper, in regard to an accident that had happened at South Dunedin. An express horse had been injured through coming into collision with a tramcar. and had afterwards been shot. The inspector of the society had been away at the time, and he (.Mr Graham) had known nothing of the matter until he had seen it in print. The report suggested that there had been cruelty. He then read a private report from the police on the case, and said that it was alleged that, after being shot, thhorse had got up and ran away, and than hour had elapsed between the time the accident and the time it was finalh despatched.—A member of the committee expressed the opinion that every poke official should know the locality in whirl to shoot a horse. Horses were frequent! shot too low down.—lt was resolved the the secretary write to the Superintend an : of Police on the subject, and intimat that the society proposed to have printer clear instructions for the destruction of injured animals by shooting them, and that the society would gladly- forward a many copies of instructions as might required for the Otapo district. It was intimated that reports,- etc., had been received from Amsterdam,-the. Is! of Man, and the American Humane Association.

The Secretary mentioned tha,t f aftc paying all. salaries, there was ‘'rf sligh improvement in the finances, mid tin; since January 105 new members hat joined the society, bringing the total U over 1,100.