Brual Cruely.
:'. jThe.t'aU Mall Gazette of October 4th says:— "The maiming of animals;. isa practice by no means confined to. Ireland, as the police reports of the last few days* has abundantly shown. It would be > hard- to' match the wanton cruelty of the man at Birmingham, who, after striking his horse savagely on the nose with his fist, prooceded to wrench its tongue out by the root and to give it a parting dose of kicks and cuffs k - The man had 'iio better defence to make than the horse's tongue fell out of itself. A youth at Bromley amnaed himself by cutting, a horse's eye out wi*h a 'stone 1 Before the animal's eye wascat a numbe of boys haa" been pelting it with stones, which sounded : on its side like a, drum. The only pity is that none of these young gentlemen ace to share any portion of the three months' imprisonment to which the ringleader was sentenced."
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 31, 2 January 1883, Page 2
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161Brual Cruely. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 31, 2 January 1883, Page 2
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